Farming

Olive and olive oil exports increased by 21 percent in June compared to the same period of last year and reached 19 million 60 thousand dollars. According to data from Turkey’s Aegean Exporters’ Associations, exports of table olives in June with an increase of 44 percent compared to the same …

Harvest of St. John’s Wort, which is the king of the herbs, has begun in Gümüşhane province… Harvest period of “St. John’s Wort” plant has begun which was tried for the first time in Gümüşhane in 15 decares and known as the king of the herbs. Within the scope of …

Turkey exported 203 thousand 504 tons of seedless raisin, the season of which began on September 1, 2019 until June 13, 2020 while 421 million dollars of foreign currency income earned in return. Raisin exports decreased by 4 percent in quantity compared to the previous season, while the fall in …

Report Highlights: India’s organic food and beverage consumption has grown in recent years due to its advanced demographic dividend, improved purchasing power and increased interest for the perceived health and wellness benefits ofcertain organic products. In market year (MY) 2019, organic food and beverage retail sales reached $69 million and …

Trabzon Commodity Exchange (TBB) Assembly President Eyyüp Ergan said that hazelnut market is not badly affected by the pandemic process. Ergan stated that all time records in hazelnut exports have been broken. Indicating that the useful add-ons such as the consumption of agricultural products of the pandemic process, Erkan said, …

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 …