Agricultural Economy

Turkiye plans to lease farmlands in several counties in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to boost agricultural production amid growing global concerns over food security. Authorities have been exploring such opportunities in 10 nations, besides Venezuela and Sudan. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vahit Kirişçi recently discussed this plan with a group of lawmakers. …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that the announced grain purchase prices are at a level that will meet the expectations and that the projections for an increase in crop production estimations despite the …

While it is estimated that the rains, which are effective from time to time in the Konya Plain, which is known as the granary of Turkiye, will contribute positively to the surge in yield, though the effective hail rains in some districts locally damaged the cultivated crops. In Konya province, …

General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TİGEM) Karacabey Directorate of Agricultural Enterprise sold 49 purebred Arabian running foals for 8 million 466 thousand liras with a tender. In the tender, which was held with the auction method, the foals found buyers with prices varying between 40 and 800 thousand liras. The …

Press release… • BURSA BLACK FIG WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE WORLD THROUGH UR-GE PROJECT The closing meeting of the consultancy activity on “On-Site Market Research in Target Markets” of the Ur-Ge (Product development) project of Increasing Awareness of Bursa Black Fig in Various Geographies, which was initiated with the …

Baklava producers announced that they will take a break from pistachio baklava production for a while to protest the prices. Mehmet Yıldırım, Chairman of the Board of Baklava and Dessert Producers Association (BAKTAD), said, “Let’s take a break from pistachio products for a while, let’s not produce them. Let’s make …

Press release… Early prospects for global cereal production in 2022 now point to a likely decrease, the first in four years, to 2 784 million tonnes, down 16 million tonnes from the record output estimated for 2021, according to FAO’s latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released last week. The …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they achieved an export of 158.2 million dollars in April, providing an increase of 29 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Veysel Memiş Veysel Memiş also stated that …

Press release… Stating that they have been carrying out the TURQUALITY Project with the support of the Ministry of Trade for 3 years in order to boost the demand for Turkish food products in the US market, Aegean Exporters’ Associations Vice Chair Hayrettin Uçak said, “We will hold a promotion …