Agricultural Economy

Press release… Ankara- July 10, 2020 – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar said that advance payments left to preferance in agreements of production and purchasing tobacco between companies and tobacco. Bayraktar said, “Tobacco producers are waiting for an advance. While advances given every year are not …

Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute Director Assoc. Dr. Kibar Ak, in his written statement, said that Turkey’s annual 20 million tonnes of wheat production consists of 2.6 percent of world production and Turkey is a self-sufficient country in this respect. Pointing out that the contribution of domestic and national varieties …

EU exports 2.2M tons of chocolate in 2019… Germany was largest chocolate exporter in 2019 with 640,000 tons of exports… EU countries exported 2.2 million tons of chocolate and chocolate bars in 2019, the 27-member bloc’s statistical authority said on Tuesday. Germany was the largest chocolate exporter, selling 640,000 tons …

Press release… Ödemiş (a district of İzmir province) Chamber of Commerce (ÖTO) held a press conference on Wednesday, 8 July at the ÖTO Meeting Hall on the transfer of the ‘Bozdağ Chestnut Candy’ Geographical Indication to the Chamber. The Chairman of ÖTO Rıfat Eriş, Board Members Sadık Güllü and Şevket …

Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association, said in his written statement that despite the effects of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, exports from Trabzon province did not lose speed and it was almost overwhelmed by the effect of the normalization steps …

Yield in sugar dry bean specific to Çamoluk district of Giresun province is expected to reach 100 tons this year. Çamoluk Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Ali Tatar told Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter they will begin harvesting the geographically indicated sugar dry beans produced by traditional methods next month. Stating that …

Some bad news for chocolate lovers: the future of cocoa, which is the basis of the 100 billion dollars chocolate industry, is under threat. There are multiple factors behind this threat, from global warming to pest. The extent of the threat is so serious that some scientists think that the …

KAKAMEGA, Kenya Turkey’s state development aid agency on Sunday made a donation of equipment to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to boost food security in western Kenya. The donations are part of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) Sustainable Organic Livelihoods Enhancement Program (SOLEP), which aims …

In a written statement made by the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR), it was stated that the second offshoot period of 2020 tea purchases started from today and 450 kilograms of tea per decare will be purchased from producers. In the statement, which informed that all purchasing teams were …

Rome – Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Food Outlook report provides the …