Dried Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Aegean grape producers and exporters came together in Manisa where 20 percent of table grapes and 85 percent of raisins supplied. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli attended the opening ceremony of the 2020-2021 season of Manisa Commodity Exchange’s “Manisa Sultani Seedless Grape” via teleconference from Giresun, …

Ali Rıza Türker, Chairman of Tariş Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, in his written statement, said that the 12,5 TL purchase price announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli for grape number 9 has been welcomed by the grape producers of Tariş and production region. Stating …

Turkey, reaching an all-time seasonal record, exported 337 thousand tons of hazelnuts. In return for this export, 2.2 billion dollars input was provided to the country’s economy. According to the data obtained from the Black Sea Hazelnut Exporters’ Association, the export figures made in the 2019-2020 hazelnut season reached the …

Press release… 20.08.2020- Ankara Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar said that they expect to decline in grape yield this year due to adverse climatic conditions along with effective pest and diseases. Bayraktar said, “The price of raisins should be announced as at least 13.50 liras so …

Chairman of Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association Birol Celep made a written statement. Evaluating the future of dried fruit industry, Celep continued as follows: It was already known before the Covid-19 epidemic that sectors such as agriculture and food had a strategic importance and because of this epidemic …

Lütfi Bayraktar, the Chairman of the Board of the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives’ Association (FİSKOBİRLİK), stated that the hazelnuts of all producers who are stakeholders of the Association will be payed 50 kurush above the market price by the member cooperatives. Bayraktar, in his written statement, said that they are …

Press release… 423,433 tons of figs are produced on an area of ​​88,196 decares in İzmir province. With this production İzmir province ranks second across Turkey and amounts to 14 percent of total production. It is important to prevent / reduce the rapid alert notifications received from the European Union …

“Giresun Tombul Hazelnut”, “Giresun Sivri Hazelnut” and “Giresun Karası” hazelnuts have been taken under protection by the Association of Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives (FİSKOBİRLİK) by registering the Geographical Indication (GI). The company owners and their representatives, who received an authorization certificate through the Giresun Quality Hazelnuts Inspection Authority Executive Board …

Harvesting of grey pistachio, which is the first crop of pistachio, described as “green gold” in Southeastern Anatolia Region, has started. The yield in Antep pistachio is expected to be high this season. 85 percent of peanut production in Turkey met in Southeastern Anatolia. After the weather got warmer, the …

Düzce Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Necdet Çiçek called on the producers to collect the hazelnuts, which are called “green gold”, from the ground, not from the branch, for quality increase. Çiçek stated that the harvest should be done after the hazelnut completes its ripening phase and that the …