Farming

27/09/2023 First-ever FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization opens in Rome… Director-General QU Dongyu calls for sustainable, inclusive mechanization to transform agrifood systems… Rome – Mechanization can be a powerful force for change, but only if it is environmentally sustainable and leaves no one behind, especially women and smallholder farmers, …

Yanmar, the world’s leading Japanese engine manufacturer, chose Izmir’s district Torbalı for investment. The factory, which is the company’s second production facility in Türkiye, is planned to assemble 35 tractors per day. The facility will increase the number of personnel from 76 in the first stage to 125 in a …

Press release… European chain markets flocked to Antalya to buy Türkiye’s delicious fresh fruit and vegetables… Fresh fruit and vegetable sector aims to contribute 4 billion dollars to the OVP (Medium Term Programme) export target of 302.2 billion dollars… Hayrettin Uçak The Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector, which exported …

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Veysel Tiryaki stated that Türkiye is a country experiencing water stress and will be water poor after 2030. In the workshop organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, it was emphasised that measures should be taken to ensure that water can safely come …

Duru Gıda Chairman of the Board Emin Duru: “Pulses should be given more place on the table for sustainable food” Duru Gıda Chairman Emin Duru said that pulse products will shape the future of the food sector. “Considering the threat of global warming and climate change, pulses are of great …

Ali Kavak, Chairman of the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector Board, announced that the year-end export target in fresh fruits and vegetables is 3.5 billion dollars. Kavak said in his speech at the meeting that Türkiye is the fourth in the world in fresh fruit and vegetable production and …

Press release… In four international competitions, which are accepted as the Olympics of the olive oil sector, Antikas received 4 medals. Thus, Antikas has received 14 awards in the last two years. Antikas Olive Oil returned with gold medals from all four of the world’s most prestigious top 4 olive …

Every data from the number of animals to the land will be enumerated; the expected step in agriculture has been taken… A step has been taken for the general data census, which has been expected for years in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry …

Türkiye, which ranks in the top 5 in world olive production, imposed restrictions on olive oil exports, combined with the drought in Europe and olive oil prices in the world increased by more than 100 percent. While it is stated that olive oil thefts have started in Spain due to …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they exported 211.2 million dollars in August with a hike of 21 percent compared to the same period last year. Emphasising that AHBİB recorded a hike …