Farming

Rising oil prices and concerns over energy supply have reignited interest in biofuels, whilst the impact of this situation on food prices has once again become a topic of debate. In particular, the increased use of agricultural products such as maize, sugar cane, palm oil and vegetable oils in energy …

Press release… VEYSEL MEMİŞ: DJIBOUTI, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN AND TUNISIA ARE DRIVING NEW MOMENTUM IN EXPORTS Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they had achieved exports of 173.3 million dollars in April. Emphasising that …

Press release… Şemsettin Özgür, Chair of the Sectoral Council of the Turkish Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Associations, emphasised that they would be concentrating on China and India as target markets and that one of their key priorities would be to improve quality and food safety. Chairman Özgür, who stated …

Press release… Strawberries, a value-added product within the fresh fruit category exported to around 40 countries in both fresh and frozen forms, saw a 56 percent spike in exports across Türkiye during the January–April 2026 period. Türkiye’s total strawberry exports rose to 20,871,000 dollars in the first four months. Cengiz …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, has been elected Chairman of the Turkish Fruit and Vegetable Products Sector Council for the 2026–30 term. The Council is expected to generate 2.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange for Türkiye …

May 2026… A Turkish entrepreneur has launched a trial coffee cultivation project in the southern province of Adana, aiming to introduce coffee farming to the fertile plains of Çukurova, one of Türkiye’s most important agricultural regions. Machine engineer and greenhouse investor Engin Hazar planted 100 coffee saplings in a 1.5-decare greenhouse in the Sarıçam …

Türkiye’s agricultural input price index rose 34.26 percent year-on-year and 3.89 percent month-on-month in March, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). In the previous month, annual and monthly increases stood at 31.55 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively. On a monthly basis in March, the index for goods and services consumed …

Türkiye’s crop production is expected to increase significantly in 2026 compared with the previous year, according to estimates released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Wheat The outlook follows comments by Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı last week, who said agricultural production affected by frost and drought in 2025 is expected …

Press release… Exports from the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and processed products sector—which continues to lead the way with a 31.1 per cent share of total exports from South-Eastern Anatolia—reached 1.2 billion dollars in the first four months of the year. Compared to the same period last year, the region’s grain …

Press release… A new era has dawned for Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports. The Sector Council of the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Associations, the sector’s umbrella organisation, held its first meeting in Mersin, hosted by the coordinating body, the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), to chart a course …