Agricultural Economy

In the last 5 years, the number of companies that have developed products and services on financial technologies has increased rapidly. The common purpose of these companies is to design new technologies that aim to improve and automate of financial services and bring them together with the peoples. Hundreds of …

Press release… Stakeholders of the textile and apparel industry, having produced value added over 60 billion dollars in 2019, are not happy with the implemented policies related to cotton as the main raw material of these sectors. Across the Anatolia, which is an ancient cotton geography, 43 percent of the …

Bolu’s famous water buffalo cream was registered by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office and received a geographical indication. Bolu (a northwestern province in Turkey) Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Türker Ateş said, “Afyon’s cream is famous. Bolu’s buffalo cream is also famous. From now on, we will say …

World Egg Day is celebrated every year on the second Friday in October. On World Egg Day, events are held across the world celebrating the egg. The first World Egg Day was celebrated in 1996 and since then we have seen a variety of wonderful events taking place internationally, with people …

Press release… 08 October 2020, Rome – The benchmark price index for food commodities rose in September, led by vegetable oils and cereals, according to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 97.9 points during the month, up 2.1 percent from August …

As many as 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned on Oct. 7.     That is a devastating reversal after decades of progress, and higher than the bank previously estimated, even as recently as August, …

BOGOTA, Colombia  Argentina has become the first country in the world to approve HB4 drought-resistant transgenic wheat by biotechnology firm Bioceres SA, the government has confirmed.   “HB4 technology provides seeds that are more tolerant to drought, minimizing production losses, improving the capacity of plants to adapt to situations of hydric …

In Nevşehir province, one of the leading pumpkin seeds production centres across Turkey, “Nevşehir Pumpkin Seed” which has a registration of geographical indiacation, contributes about 500 million liras to regional economy. Harvesting of the snack pumpkin seeds, unique to the Nevşehir region, known for their thin and long structure, continues. …

Chairman of the Board of Marmara Olive Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (Marmarabirlik) Hidamet Asa stated that the harvest declaration purchases that started on September 7 will end on October 16. Asa said, “According to the reports of the harvest determination commissions, we anticipate that 75 thousand tons of yield declaration …

Press release… Speaking about the raw milk reference price announced by the National Milk Council (USK), Ali Eroğlu, President of the Central Council of the Turkish Veterinary Medical Association (TVHB), said, “According to the unconfirmed information we have received, an increase of 40-45 kurush (kuruş) is considered in the milk …