Agricultural Economy

Press release… The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) stood at 127.0 points in December 2024, down 0.6 points (0.5 per cent) from November. This decline was driven by decreases in the price indices for sugar, dairy products, vegetable oils and cereals, offsetting increases in meat prices. The FFPI was 8.0 …

Agricultural Overview and Economic Importance Türkiye ranks as the world’s seventh-largest agricultural producer and the ninth-largest agricultural production area. With a solid agricultural foundation, it achieves self-sufficiency in key crops such as grain, cotton, oil, and sugar. The country has enhanced its agricultural mechanization, leading to a continuously expanding mechanized …

Press release… Exports from the Eastern Black Sea region provinces; Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane amounted to 1 billion 752 million 344 thousand 554 dollars in 2024 and there was a 27 percent increase in the exports of the region compared to the previous year. In 2024,1 exports worth of …

Press release… After olive oil, curd dessert, gummy gum cookies and karadiken, which are included in the cuisine of Ayvalık, which is branded with its seafood, appetisers, gastronomy, olive oil and olive oil dishes, Ayvalık Basket / Kelle (head) cheese is now geographically marked. The geographical indication application made by …

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Şanlıurfa Governor Hasan Şıldak to discuss the problems in cotton production and processing. In the meeting held with the participation of public institutions, professional chambers and sector representatives, the necessary actions to be taken to improve the quality of cotton production were …

Innovative Approaches to Combat Soil Degradation and Restore Soil Health in the Mediterranean: Insights from SHARInG-MeD and SUS-SOIL Projects By Professor Dr. Ibrahim Ortaş, Lecturer – Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Türkiye SHARInG-MeD and SUS-SOIL Project Manager, iortas@cu.edu.tr The European Community has declared that due to unsustainable land management, overgrazing, …

Press release… ‘54 percent of November exports are tangerines, lemons and oranges’ Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that the Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector exported 360.6 million dollars in November. Evaluating the performance of the Turkish …

The United Nations General Assembly declared the first International Year of Cooperatives in 2012 and called to highlight the contributions of cooperatives to socio-economic development, particularly their impact on poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. Cooperatives around the world celebrated this inaugural event under the theme Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better …

Global food commodity prices declined by 2.1% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the United Nations food agency said on Friday, but they remain considerably higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) overall Food Price Index averaged 122.0 points last year – 2.6 …

Press release… The Olive Tree, whose homeland is Anatolia, has been a symbol of history, culture and peace for thousands of years. Emre Uygun Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), which aims to draw attention to the ancient journey of olive and olive oil in Anatolia as well …