Farming

In the ordinary general assembly of the National Hazelnut Council (UFK) held in Trabzon (a Black Sea province) last week, the delegates, chosen from the professional groups, elected the president. Hamza Bölük, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Giresun Commodity Exchange, has become the chairman of the …

Dependence on imports and high exchange rates at home and the energy crisis abroad had increased fertilizer prices by 157 percent in the last year. With the decision published in the Official Gazette, the scope of fertilizer exports was expanded in terms of fertilizer types and added to the list …

By 2030, the European Commission wants to halve the use of pesticides in agriculture. The use of fertilizer should be reduced according to Europe’s plans. The measures are intended to combat climate change and the loss of biodiversity. A probable consequence, however, is that the yields of agricultural crops will …

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairperson Hayrettin Uçak announced the current developments in the fresh fruit, vegetable and fruit and vegetable products sector and his evaluations on the export figures for the January – September period at the press conference he held in Seferihisar. Aegean Region …

Press Release International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) NEN Division has its first Regional M&E Workshop Series in Istanbul: Happening now! The Near East, North Africa and Central Asia Division (NEN) is launching its first Regional M&E Workshop Series for its ongoing IFAD-funded projects in the region. The IFAD Multi-Country …

Press release… Turkey left behind a successful export season in dried figs. While Turkey exported 72 thousand 145 tonnes of dried figs in the 2020/21 season, it provided a foreign exchange income of 256 million 915 thousand dollars. Dried figs gained 110 dollars per tonne… Realizing 60 percent of the …

Local authorities have applied to the Guinness World Records to get a seven-floor building in the shape of a tea glass in the Black Sea province of Rize, known as “the capital of Turkish tea,” to be registered as the “the biggest tea glass.” “It will be a source of pride for us to get …

Recently, there have been price increases in many main food products. Rising prices in every product, from fruit and vegetables to meat and dairy products, are the first item on the consumer’s agenda. Another product that has attracted attention in recent days is Egg… The unit price of the egg …

İsmail Özer, Chaiperson of Söke (a district of Aydın province) TARİŞ Cotton Cooperative, the largest agricultural sales cooperative in Turkey and the Aegean Region, stated that the cotton producer is experiencing its golden years with the announced prices. Indicated that cotton, which is a strategic crop due to its high …

Beekeepers Mustafa Altı and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic region of Turkey that makes most of the world’s prized pine honey. Now the Altıs and generations of other honey farmers in Turkey’s Aegean province of Muğla are looking to …