Farming

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. …

Producers of industrial plant hops, which are produced only in Pazaryeri district of Bilecik (a northwestern province) in Turkey, started their harvest time. Serdar Sert It is aimed to earn 15 to 20 million liras this year from hops, which is cultivated on an area of ​​approximately 2 thousand 950 …

As the harvest season begins in Adıyaman, (a southeastern province of Turkey) the ‘land of almonds’ where Turkey’s largest almond orchards are located, producers are happy with the yield in the drought and flooding region. The almond orchards, which were established with the support of the state and increased over …

Growers preparing for the harvest of the fruit, whose geographical indication has been registered this year under the name “Yalova aronia”, expect high yields. Yalova aronia, which has antioxidant properties and is known as “super fruit”, has become one of the agricultural income sources of the northwestern province of Turkey. …

In Aegean province of Manisa, the world-famous Sultana seedless grapes started to be laid on the drying areas in the plains after the harvest. In the plains where the excitement of the harvest is experienced, the producer expects a price of 16.5 liras per kilogram for raisins. Sultana raisin Aydoğan …

İnegöl (a district of Bursa province) Mayor Alper Taban visited the raspberry orchards in Bahçekaya region. The harvest of raspberry, one of the dozens of crops grown in the fertile soil of İnegöl, has begun. Mayor Alper Taban, who met with the producers in the raspberry field and received information …

“Trabzon maintained its leadership in exports in this period”… Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that Trabzon province alone made 37 percent of the hazelnut exports from the country in the 7-month period of this year. Noting that …

Highlighting progress in implementing the (South African) Beneficiary Selection and Land Allocation Policy (BSLAP), Gloria Mosito from Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development said for the past financial year 2020/2021, the department in aligning itself to the Gender Response Planning Guidelines and the BSLAP, targeted to allocate 11, 987 hectares …

Press release… 18 August 2021, Hatay – A new batch of farming input packages were distributed to 75 Syrian and Turkish Farmer Field Schools (FFS) beneficiaries today in the Hatay Yayladağı district. This activity is funded by the European Union under the FAO project “Building Resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and Host Communities …