Farming

Millions of boxes of oranges are spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as South Africa and the European Union lock horns in a dispute over import rules, citrus growers have said. South Africa, the world’s second largest exporter of fresh citrus after Spain, filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last …

Press release… We must plan for the next 20 years and protect our golden product… Menderes Agriculture District Director Oktay Sezgin said that they are the district with the 3rd largest area of ​​İzmir province. Pointing out that the Gümüldür-Özdere-Ahmetbeyli line is an area that can summarize Turkiye’s ecosystem, Sezgin …

Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed that the government limits seed imports by setting up quotas, aiming to stimulate domestic production, the Interfax news agency quoted it as saying on Friday. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has long aimed to become less dependent on imported seeds for a number of …

Press release… BioFach, the world’s largest organic food and natural products fair, which focuses on the spread of ecological producers and products, was held for the 31st time in Nuremberg, Germany, between 26-29 July 2022. Turkey’s national participation organization in Biofach Organic Food Products Fair was held for the 25th …

Press release… Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), aiming to find solutions to the problems of the Turkish grains, pulses, oilseeds and products industry with a common mind, held the second consultation meeting in Mersin, Turkiye’s eastern Mediterranean city. Emphasizing that they are mobilizing for the solution …

An empty merchant vessel left Istanbul for a Ukrainian port to collect grain on Friday following inspections under a Turkish-brokered grain corridor deal between Turkiye, Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations. The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S. headed to Chernomorsk to load grain under the landmark deal signed last month. The ship was …

Poor rainfall in major rice-growing regions of India has triggered fears of export restrictions on rice, too, after wheat and sugar. Looking to control domestic prices, India had in May banned wheat and sugar exports amid a scorching summer and a global supply shortage. Being the world’s largest exporter of …

Press release… THE AGENDA OF THE SECTOR EXPORT OF BULGHUR, CHICKEN, RED LENTILS AND PASTA… Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Associations Sector Board came together in Mersin province under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Trade Özgür Volkan Ağar, hosted by the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB). Ahmet Tiryakioğlu At …

Press release… BioFach, the world’s largest organic food and natural products fair, which focuses on the spread of ecological producers and products, was held for the 31st time in Nuremberg, Germany, between 26-29 July 2022. Turkiye’s national participation organization in Biofach Organic Food Products Fair was held for the 25th …

Destined for Lebanon, Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni to make stopover in Istanbul for joint inspection… ANKARA The first grain-laden ship that departed the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon under a deal to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports reached the Black Sea entrance of Istanbul Strait on Tuesday.  Sierra Leone-flagged …