Farming

Turkish producers export flowers worth around $7M to 22 countries… Turkish producers have exported 70 million flowers to 22 countries — including the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, and Romania — ahead of Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. Ismail Yılmaz, the head of the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters’ Association, told …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is implementing new projects for the effective and efficient use of water in agricultural production. One of these, the Digital Irrigation Management System Development Project has been on the agenda as of this year. A digital irrigation system will be set up to evaluate …

European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tonnes by 2030… The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the “From Farm to Table” European strategy is …

Press release… Yağcı: “The decrease in exchange rates causes our products to be exported cheaply” Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that the dollar exchange rate, which entered 2021 at the level of 7.43 TL, declined to 7.05 on February 5, …

Press release… Celep: “We expect the exchange rate to ensure the continuation of value-added exports” Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) members exported 5.1 billion dollars of agricultural products in 2020 with an increase of 4 percent. “We …

Press release… Verde, “Turkey’s ambassador olive oil”, once again at the summit of exports. After the acquisition by TRK Group in 2018, Verde has showed a rapid rise and became the champion of olive oil exports in 2020. Verde, which has achieved many successes in its quarter-century business life, is …

Press release… With the support of the Ministry of Trade, the second online training was held within the scope of the Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) Bursa Black Fig Product Development (Ur-Ge) Project. The training provided by Marketing Strategies and Brand Management Consultant and Trainer Dr. Zeynep …

Press release… The target for dried apricot exports is 300 million dollars Half of the 2020-21 season in the export of dried apricots, in which Turkey is the world leader, left behind. Turkey obtained 162 million dollars as foreign exchange earnings from exports of dried apricots in the first half …

In agricultural sector investments, this year, the highest appropriation fund has been allocated to irrigation area with 8.5 billion TL, followed by vegetable production with 2 billion TL. In the 2021 Investment Programme, 11 billion 983 million 15 thousand TL was allocated to the agricultural sector investments. The amount in …

Country reaps $924 million from hazelnut exports in first 5 months of export season, says regional trade association. Turkey’s hazelnut exports reached 132,772 tons in the first five months of the export season, a regional trade association announced on Tuesday. The September-January figure was down 32% from the same period …