Farming

Country reaps $924 million from hazelnut exports in first 5 months of export season, says regional trade association. Turkey’s hazelnut exports reached 132,772 tons in the first five months of the export season, a regional trade association announced on Tuesday. The September-January figure was down 32% from the same period …

Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation al-Sayed al-Quseir announced Saturday that a plan has been developed to reduce Egypt’s consumption of chemical pesticides and replace them with biopesticides. Quseir said that this reduction will reach 50 percent by 2030, adding that the plan aims to preserve public health and the …

Press release… Furniture, paper and forestry products exports exceed 5.5 billion dollars in 2020 Dried Organic Oregano As Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, we host three important sub-sectors such as furniture, paper and non-wood forest products. In the exports of our three sectors, we reached the export figure …

While organic agriculture has become very popular in recent years, it has been ascertained that organic agriculture has increased by 46 percent since 2012 among European countries. According to the information obtained by the media monitoring agency, Ajans Press, from Eurostat data, organic agriculture statistics in EU countries have been …

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday reiterated his frustration with what he said were major differences in food prices and warned that tradesmen could face heavy fines if they keep charging unjustifiably high prices. “We see that there are very serious price differences in vegetables, fruits and legumes,” Erdoğan told …

Press release… 500 thousand families in 41 provinces of Turkey deal with olive producing. While an average of 450 thousand tonnes of table olives are produced annually, 200 thousand tonnes of olive oil is produced. 500 thousand families earn their living from olives. There is a significant employment in factories …

Turkey’s food sector survives pandemic year successfully both in domestic, international markets… Turkey’s food exports are expected to surpass $20 billion in 2020 for the first time thanks to the rising demand spurred by coronavirus related lockdown measures. While some industries were hit hard by the pandemic, some stood out …

Press release… FAO Turkey organized the second Project Steering Committee Meeting for the Syrian Response project. The meeting discussed ISKUR Service Points to increase employment among beneficiaries… 25 January 2021; Ankara, Turkey – Despite ongoing difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Turkey is working closely with its counterparts in the Turkish …

Press release… Dried fruit exports to China increased by 21 percent… Almost all of our dried fruit sector is of great importance for the economy and foreign trade of our country and our region with its structure based on domestic inputs. Our dried fruits come to the fore within the …

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) warned that Turkey is experiencing severe drought. According to WWF (World Wildlife Fund)-Turkey has passed the critical level in drought and now moving towards becoming a water-poverty country with the impact of climate change. Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Bursa, Mersin, Konya, Adana and …