Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Young people to be brought to the Agricultural Sector with Third Generation Agricultural Entrepreneurship… The increase in the average age in the agricultural sector with each passing day stands out as one of the biggest problems in front of sustainability in the agricultural sector. Aegean Fresh Fruit and …

Press release… Aydın Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Ahmet Ökdem said that Turkey ranks fifth in the world with an annual strawberry production of 546 thousand tonnes. He noted that in Aydın, which is the second largest province in strawberry production in Turkiye, strawberry production is concentrated mostly in …

Press release… BURSA – The February 2022 export of Uludağ Exporters’ Association (UİB), which is Turkiye’s second largest exporter association on the basis of the General Secretariat, was 2 billion 629 million 882 thousand dollars. February 2022 export figures of UİB have been announced… UİB’s exports, which were 2 billion …

Press release… While the tomato quantity index decreased by 7.28 percent compared to the previous year, the price index increased by 256.08 percent. While the vegetable quantity index increased by 3.22 percent compared to the previous year, the price increased by 161.03 percent. In fruit, the quantity index increased by …

Press release… Turkiye achieved a great success in strawberry exports in 2021. While it exported 24.5 million dollars of fresh strawberries in 2020, it exported 46.2 million dollars of strawberries in 2021 with an increase of 88 percent. Noting that the project titled “We Know the Pesticides We Use”, implemented …

Russia’s military occupation in Ukraine also negatively affected the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Vegetable and fruit exporters’ associations are waiting for help from the authorities so that their lorries, which are on the Ukrainian border, can safely return to the country. Saffet Kalyoncu Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board …

Çeşme (prominent resort district of İzmir province) Touristic Hoteliers Association (ÇESTOB) President Yakup Demir stated that agriculture and local agricultural products are as important as tourism and said, “We absolutely need to bring agriculture and tourism together. Çeşme’s agricultural products are very special and very valuable. Agriculture in Çeşme is …

The Harvest Festival of the greenhouses occupying 19,000 square meters (204,515 square feet) of land in Turkiye’s southern border province Hatay’s Reyhanlı district was held Tuesday with the participation of Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) Chairperson Kerem Kınık, as he said that Turkiye has been providing social product support, protection and …

Press release… The fresh fruit and vegetable sector faced bans due to pesticides in exports to the Russian Federation, where it realized 1 billion 13 million dollars of its export of 3 billion 82 million dollars in 2021. The Russian Federation has banned the import of grapes, oranges, grapefruit, peppers …