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While Turkish spices and aromatic plants sweeten meals in 156 countries on 5 continents, the sector made a significant contribution to the national economy with exports worth 250 million dollars last year. Türkiye stands out worldwide in aromatic plant production. While Turkish spices and aromatic plants flavour dishes in 156 …

December, 2024… While there currently is not a generally recognized standard that is “regenerative,” farmers can adopt or expand various conservation practices, secure grants and collaborate with fellow farmers to invest in tools. Recently, I spoke to an investor looking for a fund to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture. …

Africa is home to approximately 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, offering immense potential to bolster both regional and global food security. However, logistical inefficiencies, inadequate infrastructure, and high production costs continue to hinder agricultural development across the continent. South Africa plays a crucial role in Africa’s agricultural market, …

Conventional farming has been a story of battling nature. We spray chemicals, we dig up things, and we decimate insect populations… But not with Regenerative Ag! Simply put, regenerative agriculture is a whole systems approach to agriculture that increases overall ecosystem health. In regenerative systems, we focus on soil health, natural …

Cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned. The West African nation is the world’s largest producer of cocoa, with farmers in the Bafing-Tonkpi region supplying chocolate to global markets, including the United Kingdom. But years of depressed prices have …

At the Pre-Harvest Grain Congress organized by the Turkish National Grain Council (UHK) in Mardin, Mesut Çakmak, Chairman of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF), made important remarks about the industry. He stated that while Türkiye entered last season with high wheat stocks, it is preparing to start the new …

The introduction of drone technology has the potential to revolutionize the sugarcane sector in Pakistan by reducing costs, increasing productivity, and promoting environmental safety, said agricultural scientists and sugarcane experts Dr. Asif Tanveer and Dr. Shahid Afghan while talking to APP. They  emphasized that urgent adoption of this precision agriculture …

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) will reduce its headcount by 25 percent to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by Agence France-Presse (AFP). U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to slash the nation’s contributions to the U.N. and its …

Professor Dr. Nuray Şahinler, Faculty Member of Uşak University Faculty of Agriculture, explained that climate change negatively affects beekeeping and sudden changes in air temperatures lead to losses in bee colonies. Dr. Nuray Şahinler She emphasised that the risk of death increases when bees that form winter clusters go out …

Speaking at the greenhouse cover delivery ceremony held in western Black Sea province of Kastamonu, İhsan Emiralioğlu, Deputy General Director of Plant Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that the plant production asset, which was around 98 million tonnes in the early 2000s, reached 138 million tonnes …