Farming

In the new period, agricultural policies will be renewed and domestic production will be accelerated. The aim of the studies initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture will be “to increase production, to ensure Turkey’s own sufficiency in basic products such as wheat and sunflower”. In this context, it is on …

EU gave a surplus of 47 billion Euros in agricultural trade… EU countries exported 197 billion Euros of agricultural products last year, as well as imported 150 billion Euros. The European Union (EU) had a surplus of 47 billion Euros from agricultural product trade last year. In this regard, the …

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported yesterday that, “Ukraine’s spring crop sowing area may more than halve this year from 2021 levels to some 7 million hectares,  its Agriculture Minister Roman Leshchenko said on Tuesday, versus 15 million hectares expected before the Russian invasion. Roman Leshchenko “He said farmers could sow …

Turkiye is not facing a shortage of sugar, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has said in a statement, as prices contracted on March 25. The country had a total of 400,000 tons of sugar at the end of last year’s production season, and a total of 2.5 million tons of sugar was …

Turkiye to receive $472M support from $1.01B EU fund for agricultural, rural development… BRUSSELS… Turkiye will benefit the most from the EU’s €927 million ($1.01 billion) fund for pre-accession countries in agricultural and rural development, the European Commission announced on Wednesday.  The commission adopted assistance programs to support candidate countries …

Even before the Russian army crossed into Ukraine, food prices had been on the rise for the past year. But the world has seen large jumps in the cost of food over the the last two months… Globally, food is 20 per cent more expensive now than it was a year ago, …

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year to highlight the importance of fresh water. The tradition has continued since 1993. According to the United Nations website, more than 2.2 billion people live without the access to safe water. This year the day is highlighting the global water …

Annual price hikes in agricultural inputs exceeded 50 percent in January! While the agricultural input price index (Agriculture-GFE) increased by 10.12 percent in January 2022 compared to the previous month, the annual rate of increase was 57.26 percent. The annual rate of increase in fertilizers was 153.34%. Fertilizer Turkish Statistical …

Press release… ‘TRANSIT TRADING PROHIBITION RISKING TURKEY’S FOOD SECURITY HAS BEEN RELEASED’ ‘TRANSIT TRADE PROHIBITION WAS REMOVED, OPENING THE INDUSTRY’ Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that Turkey is an international corridor in food trade and …

Restrictions on exports due to the war between Russia and Ukraine hit the prices of grain and sunflower products, as well as sugar. The fact that sugar fell into the black market has begun to prevent the manufacturer from producing. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has prevented both …