Farming

Press release… The export journey of Superior Seedless grapes, one of the important export products of the Aegean Region, started on 16 July 2021. Superior Seedless grape is especially popular with diabetes patients due to its low sugar content and tart taste. Hayrettin Uçak Superior Seedless grape brought 6.6 million …

Karagül (Black rose) started to be grown in greenhouses established in Halfeti in 2018 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. Murat Çakmaklı The unique “Karagül” of Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa province which is grown only in this region, gave its first fruits. Cologne was started to be manufactured …

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the University of British Columbia (Canada) has investigated how people in five different countries react to various usages of genome editing in agriculture. The researchers looked at which uses are accepted and how the risks and benefits of the new breeding …

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide funding to assist 6,240 vulnerable small-scale farmers in rural Tanzania impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The IFAD grant will help farmers access inputs, provide market linkages and access agricultural and market information to improve their productivity and increase their resilience. Growth …

A study has showed that coffee consumption is increasing day by day. Kilis 7 Aralık University faculty member, Mediterranean Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association (ATABDER) Chairperson, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Food and Control, Coffee and Chicory Commission Member, Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that coffee consumption …

The northern province of Karabük, which is home to important cultural and nature tourism centers of Turkey, has started to make a name for itself in agro-tourism with its sunflower fields after its “miracle plant” saffron and purple lavender. Saffron With its inns, baths, mosques, fountains, bridges and historical mansions dating back to the Ottoman period, …

Press release… There is a goodness in this harvest… This harvest includes both waste prevention and sharing… In the “Volunteer Final Harvest Project”, which aims to reduce loss and waste up to 50 percent in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, the crops not collected by the producer will be …

Press release… Exports of cereals, pulses and oil seeds increased by 17 percent in the first half of the year… Mustafa Terci, Chairperson of Aegean Cereals, Pulses and Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that while the exports of their Association in the January-June period of 2020 were 265 …

Press release… Olive and olive oil exports reached 136 million dollars in the first half of 2021 In the first half of 2021, exports of olive and olive oil, one of Turkey’s traditional export products, amounted to 136 million dollars. Davut Er, Chairperson of Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ …

With an aim to attract more tourists to the southern province of Isparta’s Kuyucak village, which is famous for its lavender flowers, the Ministry of Turkish Agriculture and Forestry will plant over 1 million lavender seeds this year to turn it into a “valley of lavenders.” “We will plant 1.2 million new lavenders. We will …