Farming

Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil: The inability to import from these countries due to the Russia-Ukraine war caused concern in the oil industry. Stating that ships to import raw materials from both countries could not come to Turkey during the war, Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil, Chair of the Vegetable Oil Industrialists’ Association (BYSD), said, “Price …

Just over a week into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the fallout of the war and unprecedented sanctions on Moscow are shaking global supply chains and financial markets, with the impact already being felt in Africa. With Russia a major producer of commodities including oil and wheat, sanctions and supply chain disruption are causing commodity …

When the Russia-Ukraine war is added to the problem in food supply that started with the pandemic, measures are increasing in Turkiye. In this framework, periodic arrangements can be made in the export of some agricultural products. In this context, 34 more products were added to the list of 20 …

Press release… Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) made a declaration on the ban on the export of bulk olive oil! “As the only representative of olive oil exporters in Turkiye, we find the ban on olive oil export in packages over 5 kg by the Ministry of …

Wheat price reaches $444 per ton after fire breaks out at nuclear plant amid clashes between Ukrainian, Russian forces… ISTANBUL… Following nuclear fears related to the fire that broke out in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant amid clashes with Russia, wheat prices neared the level of $500 per ton in …

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 …

Five thousand 797 tonnes of dried apricots were exported from Malatya in February… Stating that 28 million 840 thousand dollars were obtained in return for these exports, Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairperson Ramazan Özcan drew attention to the increase in apricot exports despite the covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia war. Ramazan Özcan …

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 …