Farming

Professor Dr. Halim Orta, the Lecturer of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Agriculture, Biosystem Engineering Department of Land and Water Resources, said that there is a serious problem due to the drought. Professor Dr. Halim Orta Dr. Orta said, “On this occasion, we will use and store water with …

Melisa Tokgöz Mutlu, Chairwoman of the Istanbul Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said in a statement that they achieved very important successes despite all the troublesome conditions brought by the epidemic last year. Stating that in 2020, fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 2.7 billion dollars with an increase …

Flower producers in Turkey eye $125 million worth of exports this year, says florist association head… ANTALYA, Turkey Turkey exported $107 million worth of flowers to 83 countries in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters Union, which embodies the export of cut flowers, …

Press release… » The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 107.5 points in December 2020, up 2.3 points (2.2 percent) from November, marking the seventh month of consecutive increase. Except for sugar, all sub-indices of the FFPI registered modest gains in December, with the sub-index of vegetable oil again rising the most, …

World’s biggest hazelnut supplier exports more than 106,700 tons so far this season… Turkey, the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier, earned $732.8 million from hazelnut exports between last September and December, a regional trade group said on Wednesday. Data from the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB) showed that …

Press release… While Turkey obtained 347 million dollars from tangerine exports between January 1 – December 26, 2019, tangerine exports soared by 22 percent in the same period of 2020 and rose to 421 million dollars. Hayrettin Uçak, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Exporters Association (EYMSİB) Chairman, said that Turkey …

Ever since I started dealing with agriculture and environmental issues, I realize that new windows are opening every day in my life. The “Permaculture design” education I had two years ago carried me to a completely different dimension. I was convinced that agriculture and food were very important and indispensable …

Current olive oil prices make producers happy in Edremit district Balıkesir province which is one of the Turkey’s leading olive producing regions with the presence of over ten million trees. Edremit Chamber of Commerce Assembly President Mehmet Hakkı Semerci said in a statement he made that olive oil prices have …

The debate on the increase in egg prices continues without slowing down. After the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture initiated an investigation too. After the Ministry of Trade examined the rise in egg prices, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry also called egg producers to a meeting. While …

HEKTAŞ decided to acquire Agriventis Technologies from Australia, which develops seeds that are tolerant to drought, that is one of the effects of global climate change, and Arma Pharmaceuticals (İlaç), which produces veterinary medical products during the period when the importance of animal health as well as human health increased …