Farming

Press release… The Bursa Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry hosts first training of trainers event under new Japan project—Ankara and Manisa will follow… 20 October 2021, Bursa – Today FAO Turkey launched a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions for key staff in its project to help highly vulnerable Syrian …

Honey production, which fell 50 percent this year due to drought, decreased by 70 percent in total due to forest fires. Ziya Şahin, Head of the Turkish Beekeepers’ Association (TAB), said that this was reflected in the consumer as a 60 percent hike. It is feared that the reduced production …

Press release… The fruits of TURQUALITY Project are reaping… Stating that they carried out a TURQUALITY Project covering Japan, South Korea and China between 2016-2020, Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “The Far East, which hosts 40 percent of the world’s population and …

A first in Istanbul! Chestnut honey has received geographical indication registration… Ahmet Can The formation, which was established by the chestnut honey producers in Şile district of İstanbul, under the name Şile Agricultural Development Cooperative, applied to the Turkish Patent Institute and registered chestnut honey as the first geographically indicated …

Country attaches great importance to increasing soil fertility as one of strategies to increase agricultural yield, says minister… Turkey will assume a leading role in implementing the green development revolution, the country’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said on Tuesday. “In terms of developing sustainable agricultural practices and combating …

Press release… The shining sector of food exports, the fresh fruit, vegetable and products industry, came together with buyers from all over the world at the world’s largest food fair, ANUGA. Stating that the fruit and vegetable products industry participated in the ANUGA Fair held in Cologne, Germany, Aegean Fresh …

Press release… TürkTraktör, Turkey’s leading company in agricultural mechanization, collaborated with Trimble, the world’s leading brand in precision agriculture technologies. Ahmet Canbeyli Continuing its efforts to facilitate the transition of Turkish agriculture and farmers to high technology and to contribute to more efficient production, TürkTraktör took another step by assuming …

Thousands of liters of milk goes down the drain as some British dairy farmers face rising costs, labor shortages and an acute deficit of truck drivers which has strained supply chains to breaking point, farmers said. A post-Brexit shortage of workers exacerbated by the global strains of the COVID-19 crisis …

Press release… Apple juice, the leader of fruit juice exports… Turkish fruit juices exported to 150 countries… Turkey’s fruit juice exports increased by 20 percent from 223 million to 268 million dollars in the January-September period of 2021. As for the biggest share of the Turkish fruit juice sector’s exports, …