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“Hazelnut should not be used as a tool for politics” While the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB) announced the hazelnut forecast yield of 2020 as 670 thousand tons, Mehmet Cirav, Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee Chairman, said that hazelnut should not …

TİGEM to sell 143 thoroughbred Arab trotter foals… General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TİGEM), an affiliate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will sell 143 thoroughbred Arab trotter foals in two separate tenders. The tender announcements of the institution were published in the Official Gazette. Accordingly, 82 purebred Arab …

Stating that Turkish food sector resembles the international cuisine, Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association Chairman Bedri said, “Turkey takes place in the top 10 across the world with every product that is included in their activity subjects of fisheries and animal products sector.” Pointing out thet they are …

At the end of July, Turkey will join the rest of the Muslim world in celebration of Qurban Bayram which is traditionally celebrated by the slaughter of animals and the donation of their meat to the poor in a symbol of solidarity. This year, however, the event will be a …

Birol Celep, Chairman of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that the pandemic explained many details in whole. Stating that sustainability is indexed to scale economy and conception of governance is very important, Celep noted, “We need to highlight the increase in natural and organic farming and good …

Exporters demand government support for sustainability projects… Declaring 2020 as the “Year of Sustainability”, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) announced the ‘Sustainability Manifesto’. EIB Coordinator Chairman Jak Eskinazi said that EIB will produce its own electricity and that they have the goal of becoming a green office and demanded 50 percent …

Livestock specialists state that producers and feed manufacturers encounter different cost burdens separately. Experts, who stated that a ‘knot’ has been formed in the feed, point out that a ‘special plan’, which is proposed to be developed with content such as growing alternative products for imported substances and maintenance works …

Stating that it is a cruelty to buy hazelnuts with low prices from the expat producer in September, when the hazelnut lands on the market in October, Haluk Şensoy said that this is done intentionally. Emphasizing that hazelnut is the number one product of the world chocolate industry, which can …

Ovine sacrifices worth up to 6.5 billion liras await their buyers… Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB) President Nihat Çelik said that the number of sheep and goats to be sacrificed reaches 5 million if demanded. Çelik said, “The value of 5 million sheep and goats reaches 6.5 …

Press release… Ankara- July 10, 2020 – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar said that advance payments left to preferance in agreements of production and purchasing tobacco between companies and tobacco. Bayraktar said, “Tobacco producers are waiting for an advance. While advances given every year are not …