Agricultural Economy

The 2020 year is already one of firsts for IFAJ (International Federation of Agricultural Journalists), and it’s not even half done! The Delegate Assembly was successfully held online 25 June 2020, a necessary adaptation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the Congress scheduled for Denmark was postponed to 2021. This …

According to information compiled from data of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), rapid decline in exports due to outbreak of the Covid-19 was relatively limited with 6.2 percent in the dried fruit and products industry. The sector, consisting of a total of 11 sub-items, maintained its export volume to a great …

Whether you prefer hot cocoa drinks, dark chocolate bars, gooey brownies or truffle cakes, chocolate provides something for all people. World Chocolate Day celebrated on July 7 is all about celebrating perhaps the finest creation of humankind. If there ever was anything that everyone unanimously agreed upon, it would be …

“The penalty for illegal tobacco trade will positively affect our exports” Ömer Umur, Chairman of the Board of Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association, said, “The application, which came into force on July 1 and imposed a prison sentence for ‘the sale of macaron or leaf cigarette paper with minced tobacco stuffed’, …

Press release… Evaluating the first 6 months of exports in 2020 İzmir Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Mustafa Özen said, “Our province has been exporting many products such as vegetable products, animal products, aquatic products, ornamental plants and seedlings. When we look at the first 6 months of 2019, approximately …

Olive and olive oil exports increased by 21 percent in June compared to the same period of last year and reached 19 million 60 thousand dollars. According to data from Turkey’s Aegean Exporters’ Associations, exports of table olives in June with an increase of 44 percent compared to the same …

Turkey Pasta Industrialists’ Association Chairman of the Board Abdülkadir Külahçıoğlu said that pasta exports exceeded 360 million dollars in the first half of the year by increasing 25 percent. Külahçıoğlu said, “Actually our target for exports was 10 percent. But now the growth surpasses our expectations.” Külahçıoğlu told the Anadolu …

Turkey’s state-run aid body provided support to Mongolia’s agriculture, the agency said in a written statement on Thursday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Mongolia Agricultural University Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology carried out an agricultural project in the country, it said. As part …

İlyas Edip Sevinç, Chairman of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB), stated that the export made between 1 September 2019 and 30 June 2020 in hazelnut has already reached 311 thousand 499 tons by breaking the record of all times. İlyas Edip Sevinç said in his written …

Press release… Turkey’s first food specialized organized industrial zone (OIZ) will be established in Ayvalık district of Balıkesir province… Investors from various sectors such as dairy and meat products, olive processing, fruit juice production, pulses drying and packaging and biscuit production are expected to take part in Ayvalık OIZ. Calling …