Agricultural Economy

Record production in beet after wheat: It will be over 1 million tonnes! Following the record production in wheat in Türkiye’s Central Anatolian province Sivas, a record production is also expected in sugar beet. Sivas Governor Yılmaz Şimşek said that the yield in beet production could be over 1 million …

Minister of National Education Özer: “R&D centres will be opened in the field of agriculture” Visiting the vocational school where innovative agricultural practices are made in the Netherlands, Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer underlined that Turkiye is an agriculture and livestock country and said, “We are making a special …

Charitable food aid is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound of systemic inequality in the UK and US, say signatories including Prof. Olivier de Schutter, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to food… Olivier de Schutter At a time when the UK’s likely break with Europe is widely …

Özkan Taşpınar, president of the National Grain Council, told daily Hürriyet that Türkiye’s barley production will be around 8.1 million tonnes this year, while its need is 8.5 million tonnes. “I think the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) decided to import to complete the consumption amount,” he said. “Corn, barley and …

It started with a cortege march in the Safranbolu district of Karabük province on October 21 and various events are being held at the “6th Saffron Festival”. Harvesting of saffron, which is grown in the Safranbolu district of Karabük and called the “miracle plant” because it is used in many …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports amounted to $1.94 billion in the first nine months of this year, with 34 percent of those exports going to Russia. The country delivered 3.35 million tons of fruit and vegetables to foreign markets this year, according to Ferhat Gürüz, the head of the Mediterranean Fresh …

Press release… The 40th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Türkiye Office of FAO was celebrated with a well-attended reception held in Ankara. 19 October 2022, Ankara – The 40th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Türkiye Office and the 15th anniversary of …

There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed to deliver the changes many hoped it would. Racially based dislocation and land dispossession were central features of colonial conquest and apartheid rule. To redress this, in 1994, the newly elected African National Congress (ANC) set a target of …

Top Turkish seafood firm Dardanel, fresh off its recent acquisition of Greek seafood brand Kallimanis, took part in this year’s edition of SIAL Paris, the world’s biggest food fair. Niyazi Önen Joining the event with both the Dardanel and Kallimanis brands, which it acquired just last month, the company sought …