Farming

Antalya Organized Industrial Zone Chairperson Ali Bahar stated that Türkşeker (Turkiye Sugar Factories Inc.) which could not meet the demand of the food industry because of delivering sugar it produced to the markets, indicated the address to the privatized sugar factories. Ali Bahar said, “Sugar is 70 percent more expensive …

Turkish pasta manufacturers exported 780 million dollars worth of pasta to 160 countries last year. Turkiye, which ranks second in the world after Italy in pasta export, increased its pasta export to 780 million dollars with an rise of 3 percent on value basis compared to the previous year. Abdülkadir …

Press release… They set an export target of 1.5 billion dollars by 2023… While Turkey’s fresh fruit, vegetable and products sectors reached 5 billion 111 million dollars in exports in 2021, Aegean exporters increased their exports by 60 percent in the last four years and realized 23 percent of this …

Savaş Akcan, Chairman of the Board of the Turkish Ornamental Plant Growers Union (SÜSBİR) and Deputy Chairman of the Turkiye Seed Growers Association (TÜRKTOB), made a statement about the VAT rate applied to ornamental plants. In his statement, Akcan emphasized that the ornamental plants sector has an important place in …

Within the scope of a project aimed to train farming practices to African villagers at risk of starvation, a Turkish agronomist has been spending days in Malawi teaching the locals what to plant to feed themselves. “You know the famous saying, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a …

Şafak Kırbiç, Chairman of the Board of Trakya Birlik (Union of Thrace Oil Seeds Agricultural Sales Cooperatives), said that the Union operates in 13 provinces. Indicating that the Union has carried out important works with its partners, Kırbiç said, “Trakya Birlik is the sector leader that trades more than 20 …

Stating that the increase in plant-based products would be better for greenhouse gas emissions, Bahçeşehir University Head of Gastronomy Department Professor Dr. Y. Birol Saygı said that the food industry will change for a more sustainable world, especially in the name of population growth. Pointing out that one of the …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak: Turkiye is a unique country in terms of agricultural crops diversity Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB) Chairperson Hayrettin Uçak said that in 2020, they broke a very important record in the history of the Association. Uçak said, “We have ensured the sustainability of …

Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Birol Celep, announced that as of 2021, total dried fruit exports increased by 12.6 percent and amounted to approximately 1.6 billion dollars. Birol Celep Celep said, “If we are going to increase our exports to 250 billion dollars in 2022, …

Trakya Yağlı Tohumlar Tarım Satış Kooperatifler Birliği (Union of Thrace Oil Seeds Agricultural Sales Cooperatives) established by the Agriculture Sales Cooperatives for Oil Seeds of Babaeski, Edirne and Lüleburgaz in 1966, is known by its abbreviated name “Trakya Birlik”. Continuing its activities with a history of more than half a century in …