Farming

Özkan Kayacan: Turkey is the world leader in dried apricots production TAGEM (Agricultural Research and Policies Directorate) Manager Özkan Kayacan said that Turkey’s share in world production of dried apricots is about 63 percent; Turkey, a leader in production and export of dried apricots. TAGEM Manager Özkan Kayacan, in his …

Gum drops from Çeşme! (literally means fountain, a county of Izmir) Çeşme Municipality has ambitious targets for ‘Gum Trees’. Gum harvest, grown only in Turkey and Chios island of Greece, arranged by Çeşme Municipality as to give the value of this unprecedented product that it deserves. After the opening speech, …

Turkish people like eating potatoes… Annual consumption per person is 48 kilograms… According to a written statement from the Ministry, annually producing 4.5 million tonnes of potatoes are made in Turkey and consumed 48 kilograms of potatoes per person. Along with the studies carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture …

“Lavender oil prices at international level varies between 70 and 120 euros.” Director of Thrace Agricultural Research Institute (TTAE) Dr. Adnan Tülek said that lavender oil is an important raw material of cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry, Tülek also stating, “Lavender oil’s international price varies from 70 to 120 euros per …

*Zeytindostu Association gave olive oil awareness training * Zeytindostu Association told about quality olive oil * The role of cooks in food matching is important Zeytindostu (Olive friends) Association, one of the leading NGOs in the olive oil sector, continues its trainings aimed at raising awareness on olive oil. In …

Corn harvest in Adana where it’s produced about 18 per cent of 6 million tons total production in Turkey, is approaching… However according to Cahit İncefikir, Chairman of Seyhan Chamber of Agriculture, due to high input costs of farmers who have partly turned to sunflower, corn production decreased. Meanwhile in …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced that sugar beet production this year is expected to increase by 11.4 percent over 21 million tons in Turkey… According to a statement from the Ministry, sugar factories continue to work rapidly throughout the country, beet production is also increasing gradually. Beet production in …

Turkey Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli “Canola has a considerable added value.” “So I think it is useful to support the production of canola as a drought-resistant product,” he said. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli, Silivri Municipality Yaşar Kemal Exhibition Hall at the event, headmen and chamber …

A frightening news comes from Giresun, one of the important agricultural products in foreign exports. Giresun Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Nurittin Karan said, “We consider that the yield for hazelnuts will be reduced by 50 per cent in the gardens of some farmers who don’t carry out agricultural struggle against …

Kırşehir Ahi Evran University (KAEÜ) Faculty of Agriculture Deputy Dean and Agricultural Research and Application Centre Farm Director Dr. Ramazan Ayrancı said that Kırşehir is one of the important production centers of dry farming in the Central Anatolia Region, 350 thousand decares of wheat is planted in the city… Expressing …