Agricultural Economy

Across Northern and Western Europe, vegetable producers are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from Europe’s energy crisis, further threatening food supplies. Surging power and gas prices will impact crops grown through the winter in heated greenhouses such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, and those which need …

Input prices in the agriculture sector rose by 133.4 percent year-on-year in July, easing from 135 percent in the previous month. The sub-index for the cost of goods and services, which increased 8.3 percent in June, advanced 0.71 percent month-month, for an annual rise of 142 percent, while the monthly …

Minister’s reaction to the price game in cotton! Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, made harsh criticisms about the latest developments in cotton market and said, “How can the price of a crop with a shortage of supply be lowered, this is a mind-boggling business!” “It …

Alanya, a district of Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Antalya, Chamber of Agriculture Chairperson Tahir Göktepe said that there is a significant potential in Türkiye in terms of tropical fruit production and that mango producers can earn 500 thousand liras per decare (dönüm). Tahir Göktepe Göktepe said, “Currently, the production cost …

Flower growers in the southern provinces of Antalya and Isparta are still busy trying to meet soaring demand from the U.K. amid the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Demand from the florists in Britain for cut flowers in Antalya has soared 90 percent and planeloads of carnations have already been sent to the U.K. This …

The incorporation of innovation and technology in agriculture is the path to the future, the Argentinian INTA (National Agricultural Technology Institute) demonstrated at the CREA 2022 Congress, which has special coverage by AgroPages in Buenos Aires. According to INTA, having an AgTech program contributes to reducing the technological gap and …

The looming energy crisis in Europe and the war in Ukraine that hampers production in the continent offer huge opportunities for Turkish agriculture products exporters, according to people from the industry. There have been reports suggesting that farmers in Europe stop production and greenhouses are closing. But at a time when farmers in the …

Press release… Promotion attack from the aquaculture and animal products sector… The Turkish fishery and animal products sector, which exceeded its 2023 export target of 3.5 billion dollars in February 2022 and increased its exports by 33 percent to 4 billion 56 million dollars in the last one-year period, strengthens …

Press release…. Seedless raisin exports exceeded 250 thousand tonnes… Türkiye, which is by far the world leader in the production and export of raisins, earned 441 million dollars from seedless raisins in the 2021/22 season with an increase of 3 percent. Seedless raisin exports, which started the 2021/22 season on …