Farming

Hazelnut, which grows on 5,500 decares in the Hizan district of Bitlis province and is among the important livelihoods of the region, has started to be harvested. Hazelnut harvest has started in Bitlis (an Eastern Anatolia province of Turkey). Harvest in nine villages of Hizan is done on a total …

Şeyhmus Solgun, Chairperson of the Union of Tobacco Production and Marketing Cooperatives, said that they aim to increase tobacco exports, which was 53 thousand tonnes last year, to 60 thousand tonnes this year. Tobacco harvesting in Muş Tobacco harvest has started in Muş (an Eastern Anatolian province of Turkey), which …

Nihat Çelik, Chairperson of the Turkey Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association (TÜDKİYEB), stated that they want the forest areas to be opened to sheep pasture and said, “Sheep and goats are friends and cleaners of forests. They eat all the weeds, clean the forest and protect it from fire and …

Press release… Mustafa Terci, Chairperson of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that while the demand for food products increased during the epidemic process, Turkey exported 19.5 billion dollars worth of these products in the last 1-year period. Informing that 41 percent of Turkey’s food exports …

Handheld gadgets bring vital information to small farmers to increase productivity and access markets… MOROGORO, Tanzania While spreading fertilizer, Sebastian Bukeke, 47, a small-time farmer in the village of Kiroka in Tanzania’s Morogoro region, is also using his cellphone to learn about the weather. He has been able to boost …

Konya, the breadbasket of Turkey, is going through tough times with reduced precipitation levels. The ensuing drought has dealt a blow to water levels in dam reservoirs, lakes and ponds and has affected agriculture and animal husbandry in this central province of the country. Global climate change is the main culprit in the …

Press release… Cereals, pulses, oil seeds sector exceeded 8 billion dollars in exports… Cereals, pulses, oil seeds sector accounts for 41 percent of food exports… In the last 12 months, exports of the cereals, pulses and oil seeds sector, which experienced the highest increase in Turkey’s food exports during the …

Triticale, an alternative to wheat in Sivas (a Central Anatolian province of Turkey) made its producer happy despite the drought. Despite the drought across the country and the agricultural frost in Sivas in May, around 3 thousand tonnes of crops are expected in triticale. Ulaş Agricultural Enterprise In Sivas, where …

Press release… Jalapeños from Gördes and Bayındır. Cucumber from Burdur, Akhisar, Afyon Sandıklı regions… Fersan, which produces 22 million litres of vinegar per year and has planting areas in 5 different regions, has started the harvest period in Cucumber and Jalapeño production with 3 million tonnes of seeds. In Fersan’s …

The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced severe food insecurity during COVID-19, according to a recent report by the country’s Foods Standards Agency. …