Agricultural Economy

Türkiye’s hazelnut production is expected to be around 717,931 tonnes this year, according to the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB). Türkiye is the world’s largest producer of hazelnut. “The survey conducted in 16 provinces showed that the hazelnut production will be slightly lower in 2023 from last year,” said Arslan Soydan from the TZOB. …

Russia on Monday announced it had halted an unprecedented wartime deal allowing the grain to safely flow from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry, a fresh threat to global food security. Moscow will suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its …

Press release… Aegean exporters, focusing on their work in the Chinese market with the motto, “If it is not far to buy from China, it is not far to sell to China too”, are ready for the China International Import Expo ((CIIE), world’s largest import exhibition to be held in …

Small-scale farmers in developing countries produce one third of the world’s food. But today they are only one flood, one drought or one failed harvest away from ruin. To stem the impact of climate change on food security and to reduce poverty, IFAD is calling for more investment in rural …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached the level of 1.69 billion dollars with a hike of 17 percent in the first half of 2023 and this performance was supported with …

The landmark initiative safeguarding exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, crucial in alleviating a global food crisis sparked by the Russian invasion, has been the subject of grueling talks to get Moscow to agree to its renewal. Set to expire late Monday, the deal brokered by the United …

Vertical farming, a type of agriculture practice that has the ability to produce up to 40 times more produce than conventional farming techniques, is currently seeing a rapid expansion under the leadership of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. Following the decreasing availability of agricultural lands all over the world and the …

Workers in agriculture at higher risks of heat stress and they also suffer from high exposure to pesticides which can also be detrimental to their health, senior ILO official says… London… As global temperatures have been continuously increasing due to climate change with severe impacts on people’s health, and labor …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they achieved an export of 143.8 million dollars in May, an increase of 8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the harvest period …

In the first herbarium established after the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye, situated in the capital Ankara, approximately 250,000 species of dried plant samples are being meticulously preserved through pressing and storing. Tuğrul Körüklü The “ANK Herbarium” was founded in 1933 by the German botanist Kurt Krause and his …