Farming

Harvesting Karakılçık Wheat in Beydağ… Mayor of Beydağ (a district of Izmir province) Feridun Yılmazlar made the first attempt to spread the characteristic wheat grain, which is 2 thousand years old, in the district and made the first harvest of the planted ancestral Karakılçık wheat. “We will produce our own …

Press release… Stating that 79 percent of banana consumption in Turkey is covered by domestic production, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli said that the production, which was 95 thousand tons in 2002, increased by 6 times and reached 550 thousand tons. Noting that banana production has increased …

“Three Challenges” for organic movement in Turkey. Organic integrity… There should be real/physical integrity in organic “from farm to fork” with whole stakeholders but not only on the paper. Of course, the most important key words are “transparency”, “traceability”, “trustworthy” among stakeholders in order to supply integrity in whole chain. …

Press release… Turkish organic industry sets target to reach 1 billion Euros… Stating that the world organic industry has reached 100 billion Euros, Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairman of the Aegean Exporters’ Association Organic Products Board, said that the Turkish organic industry has received 500 million Euros of this global cake …

Press release… Grapes should be taken from the producer by pesticide analyzing… Turkey Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Associations Sectoral Board Chairman Osman Öz said that TMO (Turkish Grain Board) bought grapes from the commodity exchanges last season and but their expectation is that TMO should purchase grapes directly from …

Press release… Turkish raisin sector, ranking the first in the world, demand a sustained cooperation with Turkish Grain Board (TMO) as they did in the last 3 three years. The Raisin Board, operating under the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, came together to determine the road map of …

Press release… Foça (a district of İzmir province) Municipality started to work on growing new agricultural products in the district. Some studies were carried out on the agricultural lands and islands owned by the Municipality of Foça with the technical support of Agricultural Engineer Dr. Mehmet Tutar from the Aegean …

Press release… Farmers of Beydağ (a district of İzmir province) have kicked off to caprify for figs, one of the important livelihoods of the district, in order to get the product to be more qualified and productive. Fig producers started working to get quality products in the new season. Male …

Banana production in Turkey could reach a sufficient level to meet the entire domestic demand by 2023, according to the country’s leading banana growers. Ahmet Şeref Gümüş, the president of the Anamur Chamber of Agriculture, told Anadolu Agency (AA) Sunday that the number of greenhouses continues to increase in the …

Press release… The quality and export price of dried apricots will be increased with a 3-stage plan Apricots to be lenghtened while they are fresh and to be dried in tunnels, thus the quality will rise along with export prices. While the average export price of apricots, one of Turkish …