Agricultural Economy

Hand-woven carpets sterilised under the hot sun in the Döşemealtı district of Antalya province are exported to many countries. Antique carpets with collection value can fetch up to 8,000 dollars. Carpets collected from all over Türkiye, laid out in the sun to fade to pale and pastel tones, are exported …

Press release… Türkiye Food Exporters took their place at the Summer Fancy Food Show… The cereal sector’s exports to the US in the first five months of the year surged by 29 percent compared to the same period last year, rising to 350.7 million dollars. The sector, which ramped up …

In our daily conversations, everyone can surely say something about fish. To add a little depth to the subject, how about we delve into some more current, economic, scientific and socio-economic details? Let’s not even mention its importance in human nutrition here. Fish is not just an inevitable food source …

Indicating that the value placed on small livestock farming has been welcomed by the sector, Nihat Çelik announced that the small livestock credit limit in the ‘I Have Many Reasons to Live in My Village’ project has been boosted from 600,000 lira to 1.2 million lira. Nihat Çelik, Head of …

Kayseri, an Anatolian province with no coastline, exports Turkish salmon raised in its inland waters to 49 countries, primarily island nations such as Japan and the United Kingdom. Kayseri… Turkish salmon produced in Kayseri, an important industrial and commercial region in the Central Anatolia Region, is shipped to many parts …

Press release… This new initiative, supported by the European Union with a budgetof €72.5 million, aims to improve employability and strengthen seasonal agricultural capacity in rural areas. 27 June 2025, Ankara – Türkiye’s one of most comprehensive socio-economic development initiatives, the Integration Through Employment Support in Urban and Rural Environments …

In the Electronic Warehouse Receipts (EWR – ELÜS) Market of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB), price movements in wheat, corn and barley, which were the most traded agricultural products during the week of 23-26 June 2025, attracted attention. According to weekly index data, the upward trend continued in wheat, while …

TEMA Foundation reiterates its call launched 31 years ago: ‘Don’t Türkiye become a desert!’ Deniz Ataç, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TEMA Foundation (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats), emphasised that ‘areas exposed to desertification are rapidly increasing …

Ali Çandır, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Antalya Commodity Exchange (ATB) and the Antalya Agricultural Council (ATAK), evaluated the April Agricultural Input Price Index (Agriculture-GFE) data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Çandır emphasised that the announced figures created serious disadvantages for producers in terms of …

Agricultural land in Antalya, southern Türkiye, is undergoing an annual land subsidence of about 2 centimeters (0.79 inches), a development that experts warn may increase the region’s vulnerability to earthquakes and climate-related hazards, a recent scientific study led by associate professor Nusret Demir from Akdeniz University revealed. Dr. Nusret Demir …