Agricultural Economy

Exporters demand government support for sustainability projects… Declaring 2020 as the “Year of Sustainability”, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) announced the ‘Sustainability Manifesto’. EIB Coordinator Chairman Jak Eskinazi said that EIB will produce its own electricity and that they have the goal of becoming a green office and demanded 50 percent …

Press release… Turkey’s exports are running at record in cherries. So far this year 190 million dollars of foreign currency provided by cherry exporters in Turkey, now it is aimed to exceed 200 million dollars by the end of the season. Turkey’s export figure of 2019 which was 182.6 million …

Foreign trade data for the Machinery Sector in June 2020 was announced. Accordingly, exports of 2020 in the agricultural machinery sector decreased by 7.1 percent compared to 2019 and amounted to 479 million dollars. With this data, agri-machinery industry ranked 5th among 22 sub-sectors in general machinery sectoral exports. In …

According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029, the pandemic is expected to depress demand in the next few years and could further undermine food security. 16 July 2020, Paris/Rome – The fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented uncertainties in global food supply chains, with potential bottlenecks in labour …

Livestock specialists state that producers and feed manufacturers encounter different cost burdens separately. Experts, who stated that a ‘knot’ has been formed in the feed, point out that a ‘special plan’, which is proposed to be developed with content such as growing alternative products for imported substances and maintenance works …

Stating that it is a cruelty to buy hazelnuts with low prices from the expat producer in September, when the hazelnut lands on the market in October, Haluk Şensoy said that this is done intentionally. Emphasizing that hazelnut is the number one product of the world chocolate industry, which can …

Turkey’s fruit producers are entering Thailand’s 210 million dollars (TL 1.4 billion) apple market, widening their new market opportunities in Asia after beginning exporting cherries to China last year. Exporters who have been in search of new markets and recently opened to East Asia have begun to gradually receive positive …

Ovine sacrifices worth up to 6.5 billion liras await their buyers… Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB) President Nihat Çelik said that the number of sheep and goats to be sacrificed reaches 5 million if demanded. Çelik said, “The value of 5 million sheep and goats reaches 6.5 …

As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns… Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs… Rome, 13 July 2020 – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. …

Honey exports increased by 15 percent in January-June period, Turkey has earned 13 million 81 thousand 422 dollars. According to data compiled from Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in the first half of the year, 2 thousand 984 tons of honey was exported to 39 countries and 13 million …