Agricultural Economy

Qu Dongyu of China elected FAO Director-General… Succeeds José Graziano da Silva… Qu Dongyu received a total of 108 votes out of 191 cast, constituting a majority in the first round 23 June 2019, Rome – Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Union Sector Board and Eastern Black Sea Exporters Union Vice Chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan said that Russia is always in the foreground of fresh fruit and vegetable exports. In this period, while exports of fresh fruit and vegetables to Russia as a product of 34 …

İzmir Agricultural Technology Center Workshop from İTB (Izmir Commodity Exchange)… On 20 June 2019, within the scope of the studies carried out by İzmir Commodity Exchange for the establishment of İzmir Agricultural Technology Centre (İTTM), which would enable the development of technological applications needed for the sustainability and competitiveness of …

100 million dollars export target in pine honey… Production of pine honey which contains abundant richness in vitamins and minerals, has been requested to be supported in order to provide more exports. Nedim Kalpaklıoğlu, Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters Union Board Member, said that 15 thousand tons of pine …

Wordly known Salihli cherries, produced in modern cherry orchards in the Kemer district of the town, have been tasting the Europeans’ mouths for 4 years. But this year far eastern countries including South Korea will be having the same taste. Cherries collected from the branches are loaded into the trucks …

Turkey’s food exports to the United States is stepping on 1 billion dollars… Turkish flavours are new world travelers. Exporting 927 million dollars of food products to the world’s largest food importer in 2018 and aiming to export 2 billion dollars in 2023… Turkish food sector prepares to take part …

Union of Turkish Chambers of Agriculture (UTCA) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar announced that applications of Farmer Registration System (FRS), would be ended on June 30, 2019… Bayraktar said, “I’d like to remind that in the framework of regulations, farmers should apply as soon as possible not to wait for the last …

Within the scope of the project carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the EU, Siirt Pistachio Processing Plant, which is established at 43 million Turkish Liras and is the biggest pistachio processing plant in Europe, will be exported to 20 countries under the brand …

According the data compiled from Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), in first five months of the year 314 thousand 66 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables have been exported to Russia. 229 million 868 thousand 717 dollars of revenue was obtained. Tomatoes took the first place in the exports …

Aegean Exporters’ Association launches 4.0 Export… EIB moved its services into digital… The Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) kept pace with the dizzying pace of digitalization around the world and carried most of its services into digital. EIB launched 4 new services at the same time. Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator of Aegean …