Farming

Target market in olive oil USA… The Turkish olive oil sector continues its promotional activities in the US market to increase its exports to the United States, which is by far the leading market in its exports and imports 350,000 tons of olive oil annually. Aegean Olive and Olive Oil …

Ahmet Dündar, Chairman of the Ornamental Plants Producers Sub-Union (SÜSBİR), said that 33 percent increase in the exports of trees and shrubs to EU countries was achieved in 2018. Dündar said: “Our tree and shrub exports to the EU accounted for 45 percent of our total exports last year. There …

‘Chios’ (gum) attack from amazons of Urla… Urla Mayor Burak Oğuz, accepted Women’s Cooperative founded by seven women in the neighborhood of Gülbahçe (Urla, İzmir). After listening to the project of President Semra Yıldız and members of the cooperative, named “Mastic Gum Production”, “We will be trying to do our …

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 …