Agricultural Economy

Ankara… Smart agriculture investor Pioneering Ventures establishes subsidiary to enter Turkish market… Pioneering Ventures, a Swiss-Indian food and technology platform company, is entering Turkish market with its subsidiary DistriCo Anatolia. Adopting technology-based agriculture such as hydroponic farming and smart greenhouses, the company’s newly-established affiliate DistriCo Anatolia will introduce its flagship …

An agricultural engineer in the eastern province of Şırnak has advised the unemployed people to breed Californian worms, telling that he produces three tones of worm fertilizer a month by only working an hour a day. “Breeding worms and making worm fertilizer is an effortless job,” said Abdulmutalip Kocaman. Worm fertilizer helps considerably in …

Turkish Sub-Union of Seed Industrialists and Producers (TSÜAB) Chairman of the Board Dr. Ahmet Yılmaz, in his written statement, said that the studies of TSÜAB and the Sector Stakeholders on Certified Seed Usage Supports yielded positive results. Dr. Yılmaz said, “But we expect improvements in the Certified Seed Production supports …

Kılıç Seafood Co., which stepped into the sector with 30 tonnes of production in 1991 at the facilities in Milas and Bodrum districts of Muğla province, increased its capacity further with the incubation facilities and farms it established in different regions, especially in Bodrum area. With the works done in …

Jelly and marmalade manufacturers made export to 135 countries in January-October period in Turkey. According to the information compiled from the records of Uludağ Exporters’ Associations (UİB), a foreign currency income of 36 million 818 thousand dollars was obtained in 10 months from the export made to 135 countries in …

Nigeria, one of the West African countries, imports palm oil worth of 500 million dollars annually. Benard Okata, Director of the Federal Department of Agriculture of the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the National Palm Oil Symposium that the country generally needs 3 million tonnes of …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that they will continue their payments to support fishing vessels smaller than 10 metres this year and that they paid 28.2 million liras to small-scale boat owners in 3 years. In his written statement, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli reminded …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) became the first exporters’ associations to receive a “Zero Waste Certificate”. Declaring the year 2020 as the “Year of Sustainability” with the aim of leaving a more livable and green world to future generations, Aegean Exporters’ Associations crowned the “Sustainability Year” by obtaining a …

Press release… BEE’O Propolis R&D Centre Has Been Registered By The Ministry… Turkey’s first and only indigenous innovation award winning beeo propolis has been approved by the R & D center of the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The company introduced the world Anatolia propolis, propolis, an expert on Turkey’s …

The price of snack pumpkin seeds, whose production is increasing every year in Afyonkarahisar province, this season pleased the producer. Afyonkarahisar Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Acar said that some of the agricultural lands in the province is in the Aegean region and some in the Central Anatolia …