Farming

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they realized an export of 1.45 billion dollars between January and September 2022 with an increase of 38 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Emphasizing …

New Zealand’s government yesterday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly …

Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Mersin’s district Mut Chamber of Agriculture President Hıdır Kar, asking the producers to try not to collect olives these days, said, “Let’s not collect our olives until the 15th of October. Not all of our traders have arrived. The majority did not come, it did not …

Press release… In dried figs of which Türkiye is the world leader in production and export, the 2021/22 season was left behind with 70 thousand 647 tonnes of exports. The amount of foreign exchange the country obtained from dried fig exports reached to 258 million dollars. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair …

By Berrak Birgili, The Qur’an al-Kahf Surah 32-34. The verses describe the agro-forestry system and it is defined as a form of production that brings high income for years. Surah: 32-” Give them the example of these two men, who We granted two vineyards to one of them, surrounded them …

Open Sesame! This is the magical phrase that seems to work wonders. Is there anyone who does not know this expression from the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, one of the exciting stories of the Thousand and One Nights? The expression “Open Sesame Open” was first used in the …

While the price of olives decreased in Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Mersin, where the harvest has begun, the price of olive oil doubled. One kilogram of olive fell from 6 liras to 4 liras, the weight of large olives decreased from 14 liras to 13 liras and the weight of …

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his team are working to extend the Ukraine grain deal, which was mediated by the world body and Türkiye, and could expire next month. Antonio Guterres “We’re trying to remove the uncertainty to ensure that people are publicly saying that ‘yes, this will …

FAO food price index declines 1.1% month-on-month, led by lower vegetable oil prices… Global food prices decreased for a sixth month in a row in September, led by lower vegetable oil prices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. Averaging 136.3 points last month, the FAO food price …

Türkiye aims to boost the country’s exports by focusing on a number of products, including tea, hazelnuts and salmon, the head of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan told the Türkiye Exporters’ Summit Tuesday. Speaking at the “2023 Exports Vision and New Opportunities” panel, moderated by Sabah …