Agricultural Economy

Stating that the support allocated for agriculture is the same as the support for 2020 with 22 billion TL, Antalya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ali Çandır said, “While the agricultural sector has not been able to reflect the increasing costs on sales prices, it will be even more difficult in the …

According to the information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKIB), lemon exports started on September 3. In the first 2 months of the new export season, in September and October, the country received 153 million dollars of foreign currency inflow from citrus exports, 53.5 percent of …

Known for already being the top tea consuming nation, Turkey has further cemented its rank as locals consumed even more of their favorite drink as the coronavirus pandemic forced them to spend more time at home. “We drink more tea as we stay more at home during the pandemic,” says …

Turkey’s famous resort city of Bodrum, located in the Aegean province of Muğla, is working to attract a million more foreign visitors through agritourism, its mayor said. Agriculture is an essential field for Bodrum, said Ahmet Aras, who is also the head of Bodrum Promotion Foundation (BOTAV), in an interview …

Ankara… One of Turkey’s leading tractor makers on Tuesday announced that it had manufactured its 1 millionth tractor body. Domestic production is among TürkTraktör’s top priorities, the company’s assistant general manager for production, Nebi Doğan Özdöngül, said in a statement. Underlining that TürkTraktör manufactured and exported its own engines, Özdöngül …

Turkey’s agriculture-based exports have increased by 6.3% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, a senior official said Tuesday. “We have seen the advantages of the strong infrastructure we created in agriculture during the pandemic period,” said Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli in a written statement. Citing the …

Press release… Satsuma has become the most preferred tangerine with an export of 52 million dollars. During the pandemic period, the world rushed into the Turkish tangerine. Turkey obtained 110 million dollars from tangerine exports in a month in 2020 with a 12 percent increase. Tangerine which is an antidote …

Kilis Olive Research and Development Association (KİZADER) President and 7 Aralık (December) University Faculty of Agriculture Dean Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that the studies on “Kilis Olive Oil” started to bear fruit and that the prices of olive oil doubled. Şekeroğlu stated that the producer’s face laughed and said, …

Press release… The Fource brings the world food industry together… Organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, The Fource opened its virtual doors to its visitors. All players of the world food industry will come together on The Fource platform, where 53 Turkish food companies open stands. The Fource virtual food …

Press release… With the start of the new harvest period, Ayvalık Municipality began to file a criminal complaint about some companies after the increase of adulterous and imitative companies using the name of Ayvalık (a district of Balıkesir province). Ayvalık Mayor Mesut Ergin said that they will continue to be …