Farming

Dr Yakup Karaaslan, Deputy General Director of Water Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stated that Türkiye is a country with water stress and that the amount of water will decrease in 2030 and the country will become water poor. Dr. Yakup Karaaslan SAMSUN – Speaking at the …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Yumaklı: Grape yield will be lower than expected Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı attended the grape harvest in Saruhanlı district of Manisa province. Minister Yumaklı stated that the yield will be lower than expected due to climatic conditions and said that the export …

Cultivated meat is down but not out, says meat industry veteran and new CEO at Meatable… Jeff Tripian Cultivated meat may be down, but it’s not out, insists the new US-based CEO of Dutch startup Meatable. The reason is simple, claims Jeff “Trip” Tripician, a meat industry veteran who took the helm of the …

Press release… Exporters requested, TARSİM (Turkish Agricultural Insurance Pool Management Inc.) hiked the insurance price of tangerine… Hayrettin Uçak Exporters asked, TARSİM hiked the insurance price of tangerine from 7.5 TL to 12.5 TL per kilogram… Preparations for the 2024/25 season continue in tangerine, which is the leading product of …

Press release… Lower cereal quotations offset higher vegetable oil, meat and sugar prices… » The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) stood at 120.8 points in July 2024, marginally below its revised figure for June, as a decrease in the price index for cereals outweighed increases in the price indices for vegetable oil, …

Press release… The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC), the highest consultation platform of dried fruits and dried fruits worldwide, announced the nut, dried fruit and snack preferences of Generation Z in Latin America. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products …

Mediterranean province of Antalya’s Commodity Exchange (ATB) President Ali Çandır stated that there is a deepening water problem in the region and there is a need for effective water management and called for product pattern planning, switching to fully closed circuit irrigation systems and taking water harvesting into investment planning. …

While the export ban on tomato paste, one of the products for which an export ban was imposed last year, continues, the excess production in tomato paste this year has caused both the prices to fall and the product to remain in the field. The heads of the agricultural chambers …

Press release… 61.7 percent of Türkiye’s total pasta exports and 56.4 percent of sunflower oil exports were made from the Southeastern region. Celal Kadooğlu, Chair of Southeastern Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that they made more than half of the country’s sunflower oil exports. Celal …

Press release… Mersin Agricultural Coordination Board Ferhat Gürüz, Head of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, reported that Türkiye’s exports of fresh fruit and vegetables are dominated by the Commonwealth of Independent States, the European Union and the Middle East countries. Ferhat Gürüz said that while analysing the …