TMO General Manager Güldal: “We will not have farmers who say ‘I could not get an appointment’.” Ahmet Güldal, General Manager of the Turkish Grain Board (TMO), stated that TMO has completed all preparations for the new harvest period and said, ‘Our appointment system has been changed this year, we …
Read More »What is heatflation? How does it affect the food industry?
Everyone is familiar with the word inflation. Shrinkflation (companies reducing the quantity of certain products) is also a term we have heard frequently recently. But have you heard of Heatflation? What is heat inflation? Climate change and the resulting hot weather and extreme climatic events directly affect agricultural activities. As …
Read More »“The cost of a kilogram of honey to the producer is not less than 200 TL!”
Beekeepers in Mediterranean coastal province of Mersin, where honey production has started, draw attention to the products produced with glucose and aromatic substances, emphasised that the cost of real honey is 200 TL and that no product sold below 300 TL is honey and warned the citizens. Adem Kurt In …
Read More »Oğulcan Kemal Sagun: We should describe Turkish salmon correctly
Describing Turkish salmon correctly… Norway is the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon. Norway also carries out significant catches of small pelagic species such as cod and deep-water fish species. Salmon is the product group that Türkiye and Norway are most at odds with each other. Oğulcan Kemal Sagun …
Read More »Poultry, milk production soar in March…
The output of both poultry, milk and milk products soared in March compared with the same month of last year, according to the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Chicken meat production rose by 2.7 percent year-on-year to 205,000 tonnes, while turkey meat output showed an annual rise of 16.9 percent to …
Read More »We celebrate all our farmers “World Farmers’ Day“
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) in accordance with the decision taken during general board meeting held on 14 May 1984 declared the 14 of May as World Farmers Day in order to remind the importance of farming profession and revive the farmers’ problems all over the world. In this …
Read More »Saffet Kalyoncu: Turkish salmon exports continue to surge
Eastern Black Sea’s 4-month exports of Turkish salmon surged by 56 percent… Turkish salmon exports from the Eastern Black Sea surged by 56 percent in the January-April period and reached 44 million 292 thousand 248 dollars. Saffet Kalyoncu Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black …
Read More »Türkiye to expand fishing horizons with new deals…
The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry aims to increase the catches of Turkish vessels and obtain new fishing grounds, especially in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, by completing fisheries agreements with 12 African countries and continuing negotiations with 15 more countries. The ministry is actively negotiating fisheries partnerships with Gabon, Djibouti, …
Read More »“We target 300 million dollars from cherry exports”
Press release… Young entrepreneurs energised the cherry harvest festival… The Manisa-Izmir line, which produces the first cherries of the Northern Hemisphere, is experiencing cherry harvest enthusiasm. With more than 60 thousand tonnes of cherries, Izmir’s Kemalpaşa district is one of the most important cherry production centres in Türkiye and the …
Read More »Idle capacity in Turkish flour industry reaches almost 50 percent!
Wheat production in Türkiye was 22 million tonnes last year. This year, this production is expected to surge. The abundant and accessible raw material for the sector, which ramps up wheat production every year, plays an important role both in the smooth realisation of the product supply in the domestic …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
