Agricultural Economy

With the commencement of harvest in Konya Plain, 13 thousand 661 tons of products were traded in Konya Commodity Exchange (KTB) Electronic Sales Hall in one day. On the same day, in the BorsaKonya ELÜS (Electronic Product Certificate) Transaction Market, 41.5 million TL transactions were made in return 33 thousand …

Turkish cherry surpasses China wall… Cherry exports reach 155 million dollars… Turkey, world leader in the production of cherries, has been fighting to export this product to China since 2010 that imports 800 million dollars of cherries annually, reached a happy ending. Turkey exported cherries to China for the first …

In our interconnected, globalized world, trade can provide consumers a wide variety of safe and quality food products while giving farmers and food producers a stable and growing source of income. For this reason, promotion of those food products with competitive advantages is high on government agendas everywhere. To aid …

Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said that long term negotiations on trade in agricultural products with China have begun to bear its fruits… “25 tons of cherries for the first time from Turkey to China of which 20 tons to Guangzhou, 5 tons reached Shanghai. Hopefully fruits, vegetables, fish and dairy …

Raspberry harvest began in Bursa region… The harvest began in Bursa, where ninety percent of the production of raspberries grown in Turkey. Raspberries, whose price increased by 100 percent compared to last year, satisfied the expectations of producers. Raspberries grown in 24 villages in Bursa, are sold at 10 liras …

5 ways to feed 10 billion people in 2050… Greg Foot – BBC Future… The world’s population continues to grow. According to some estimates, the global population will reach 10 billion by 2050. It will take record-breaking food to feed all these people. What kind of changes are needed in …

National Hazelnut Council (UFK) President Sebahattin Arslantürk said that they might easily reach the export of 4-5 million dollars if they could increase productivity and quality of the product while reducing costs… In his written statement, Arslantürk stated that the most important agricultural export product should be followed by stable …

FAO initiates integrated land-use planning in Turkey… Turkey’s limited agricultural land is increasingly affected by competition from mutually exclusive land uses. Demands on the land for cropping, grazing, forestry and industrial and urban development are greater than the land resources available, especially as land users from various sectors compete in …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry issued a report of vegetable production in Turkey… According to this report, total vegetable production has increased about 5 million tons thanks to “implemented policies and rising productivity” since 2002. “The amount of production increased by 5.4 percent in cereals and other crops, 2.7 percent …

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 173 points in June 2019, down marginally (0.3 percent) from May and very close to its level in June 2018. Lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset increases in the prices of cereals, sugar and meat; ending almost five …