Farming

Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed increasing its quota for tomato imports from Turkey by 25%, according to a Russian news agency. The ministry proposed that the quota be raised to 250,000 tons for fresh or chilled tomatoes, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The current upper limit is around 200,000 …

2020/21 Forecast Overview World coffee production for 2020/21 is forecast 7.0 million bags (60 kilograms) higher than the previous year to 175.5 million. Brazil is forecast to account for most of the gain as its Arabica crop enters the on‐year of the biennial production cycle and Robusta reaches record output. …

Press release… Şemsi Bayraktar, Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers President, in his written statement, said that drought is one of the important agenda items in the world. Bayraktar said, “When the pandemic process is taken into consideration, the importance of food increases more. According to the FAO Food Price Index; …

Producers of Manisa province who meet 90 percent of Turkey’s exports of raisins, made 245 thousand tonnes of foreign sales to 99 countries and provided 504 million US dollars of foreign exchange in return. Manisa Commodity Exchange Chairman Sadık Özkasap said that the figure reached despite the coronavirus pandemic was …

Over 4,000 tons of tea exported to 100 countries in 11-month period, say data… Turkey earned over $15.4 million when it exported over 4,000 tonnes of tea to 100 countries in the first 11 months of 2020, according to Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) data. Turkey’s tea export revenue …

According to Juniper Research the global agtech market will grow 150% over the next five years. The total value of the agtech market will reach $ 22.5 billion by 2025; rising from $ 9 billion in 2020. The study, Agtech: Market Outlook, Emerging Opportunities & Forecasts 2020-2025 Report, identified agricultural sensors and supply …

Russia has announced a ban on imports of tomatoes from Azerbaijan beginning Thursday, in a damaging move for a key export that analysts tied to fallout from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor on Tuesday announced the embargo beginning Dec. 10 to protect against harmful substances detected in several recent …

The companies that are members of Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAIB) exported 221 million 236 thousand dollars of dried fruits and products to 94 countries in 11 months of this year. Mehmet Çıkmaz, the Chairman of GAİB Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, drew attention to the fact that the …

Press release… Tomato, the leading product of fresh fruit and vegetable exports, faces a quota barrier in the Russian Federation, the prominent export market. The quota of 200 thousand tons in tomato exports to Russia has been reached. Russia’s gate is closed for Turkish tomato exporters. The Chairpersons of the …

Istanbul Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR) announced that it exports to 164 countries according to the November 2020 export report. Stating that Turkey would never encounter with any food crisis, İHBİR Chairman Haluk Okutur said, “We have farmers demonstrating outstanding efforts and also industrial exporters who …