Farming

Press release… Satsuma has become the most preferred tangerine with an export of 52 million dollars. During the pandemic period, the world rushed into the Turkish tangerine. Turkey obtained 110 million dollars from tangerine exports in a month in 2020 with a 12 percent increase. Tangerine which is an antidote …

Kilis Olive Research and Development Association (KİZADER) President and 7 Aralık (December) University Faculty of Agriculture Dean Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that the studies on “Kilis Olive Oil” started to bear fruit and that the prices of olive oil doubled. Şekeroğlu stated that the producer’s face laughed and said, …

Press release… With the start of the new harvest period, Ayvalık Municipality began to file a criminal complaint about some companies after the increase of adulterous and imitative companies using the name of Ayvalık (a district of Balıkesir province). Ayvalık Mayor Mesut Ergin said that they will continue to be …

Ankara… Smart agriculture investor Pioneering Ventures establishes subsidiary to enter Turkish market… Pioneering Ventures, a Swiss-Indian food and technology platform company, is entering Turkish market with its subsidiary DistriCo Anatolia. Adopting technology-based agriculture such as hydroponic farming and smart greenhouses, the company’s newly-established affiliate DistriCo Anatolia will introduce its flagship …

Nigeria, one of the West African countries, imports palm oil worth of 500 million dollars annually. Benard Okata, Director of the Federal Department of Agriculture of the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the National Palm Oil Symposium that the country generally needs 3 million tonnes of …

The price of snack pumpkin seeds, whose production is increasing every year in Afyonkarahisar province, this season pleased the producer. Afyonkarahisar Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Acar said that some of the agricultural lands in the province is in the Aegean region and some in the Central Anatolia …

Press release… 19 November 2020 – Istanbul Dr. Ayşegül Selışık, Turkey’s Deputy Representative of FAO, took part as a panelist at the Conference of Nutrition and Health Communication organized by the Sabri Ülker Foundation on 17-18 November 2020 in İstanbul. Dr. Selışık, who participated in the panel titled “Agriculture and …

TÜMOSAN Motor and Tractor Industry Inc., (operating in Konya province) General Manager Halim Tosun said that Turkey has directed towards domestic market while attaching importance to agriculture. Stating that TÜMOSAN, producing approximately 200 models between 50 hp and 105 hp within tractor group, has boosted its sales by 113 percent …

Press release… Ayhan Bakan, Board Member of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said that Germany stands out in table olive exports because of the expatriates (mostly workers) living in this country, in addition Iraq and Romania are neighbouring countries. Stating that around 4 million Turkish citizens …

The exports of the cereals, pulses and oilseeds sector increased by 6.8 percent annually, becoming the third sector with the highest increase in foreign sales. Turkey in January-October period has sold 7.7 million tonnes of cereals. Among the products of the sector, the product with the highest export on value …