Farming

Türkiye has ramped up its wheat production as part of efforts to mitigate the drought threat that is sweeping the world to avoid any potential disruption in food supply, according to an industry official. Haluk Tezcan, the head of the Turkish Flour Industry Federation (TUSAF), hailed what he said was …

ANKARA… While olive and olive oil output in Europe, especially in Spain, is in crisis due to the drought, Türkiye aims to boost its market share with establishing new production and export strategies. Close to achieving a $1-billion olive oil exports record, Türkiye focused on value-added production and sales, according …

From providing food to sustaining smallholder communities, agriculture is a fundamental core of our society – one that the modern world cannot live without. Even so, this critical industry can be highly unpredictable as it relies on various factors that significantly impact its outcome, including the most influential: climate. Climate …

July 2023 will probably be the world’s hottest month in “hundreds, if not thousands, of years,” top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday (20 July). This month has already seen daily records shattered according to tools run by the European Union and the University of Maine, which combine ground and …

More than 150 thousand tonnes of watermelon harvest is expected this year in Diyarbakır province…In Diyarbakir, where the watermelon harvest has begun, it is predicted that more than 150 thousand tonnes of yield will be obtained on an area of 30 thousand decares this year. Harvest has started in the …

Press release… “The 20 cent fund in olive oil exports should be removed as soon as possible” While the Turkish olive oil sector focused on exports in order to convert over 500 thousand tonnes of olive oil into added value in the 2022/2023 season, it was faced with a 20 …

Türkiye’s hazelnut production is expected to be around 717,931 tonnes this year, according to the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB). Türkiye is the world’s largest producer of hazelnut. “The survey conducted in 16 provinces showed that the hazelnut production will be slightly lower in 2023 from last year,” said Arslan Soydan from the TZOB. …

Russia on Monday announced it had halted an unprecedented wartime deal allowing the grain to safely flow from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry, a fresh threat to global food security. Moscow will suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its …

Small-scale farmers in developing countries produce one third of the world’s food. But today they are only one flood, one drought or one failed harvest away from ruin. To stem the impact of climate change on food security and to reduce poverty, IFAD is calling for more investment in rural …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached the level of 1.69 billion dollars with a hike of 17 percent in the first half of 2023 and this performance was supported with …