Farming

Saving the heirloom seeds will be eligible for the grants… Within the scope of the financial support programme of the Central Anatolia Development Agency (ORAN), a total of 15 million TL will be provided to the projects to be implemented for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in the …

Known for already being the top tea consuming nation, Turkey has further cemented its rank as locals consumed even more of their favorite drink as the coronavirus pandemic forced them to spend more time at home. “We drink more tea as we stay more at home during the pandemic,” says …

Turkey’s famous resort city of Bodrum, located in the Aegean province of Muğla, is working to attract a million more foreign visitors through agritourism, its mayor said. Agriculture is an essential field for Bodrum, said Ahmet Aras, who is also the head of Bodrum Promotion Foundation (BOTAV), in an interview …

Ankara… One of Turkey’s leading tractor makers on Tuesday announced that it had manufactured its 1 millionth tractor body. Domestic production is among TürkTraktör’s top priorities, the company’s assistant general manager for production, Nebi Doğan Özdöngül, said in a statement. Underlining that TürkTraktör manufactured and exported its own engines, Özdöngül …

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 …