Farming

Press release… Turkish food exporters have ramped up their exports to Japan, which imports 80 billion dollars worth of food products annually, by 75 percent in the last five years, from 209 million to 367 million dollars. Turkish exporters have set a medium-term food export target of 1 billion dollars …

The Konya Plain has become the most important sunflower production region after Thrace. Experts stated that since sunflowers are grown primarily in irrigated areas in the plain, they do not anticipate a yield loss as significant as that of grain. They stated that the sunflowers produced are of very high …

US is largest coffee importer, spending 69.2 billion dollars on java, while Brazil exported the most coffee, reaching 62 billion dollars in 2015–2024, according to International Trade Centre data… The world’s coffee consumption – both hot and iced – over the past 10 years reached 370.3 billion dollars, according to …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they achieved exports worth 156 million dollars in July, representing a 13 percent spike compared to the same period last year. Noting that pastry products ranked first …

Professor Dr. Hüseyin Hüsnü Kayıkçıoğlu from Ege University (EÜ) stated that uncontrolled water use, decreased rainfall and global warming have negatively affected crop production, saying, “Wheat, barley and pulses can be grown in the Aegean Region during the winter season under dry conditions. By applying effective irrigation methods in conditions …

To date, information on 450,000 producers has been recorded in the nationwide agricultural census. According to information obtained by an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the general agricultural census launched in July to collect data that plays an important role in determining agricultural policies is …

Press release… Muhammet Öztürk, Chair of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye’s exports of food products to South Korea in the cereals, pulses and oilseeds sector soared by 15 percent from 67 million dollars to 78 million dollars in the January-July period of 2025. …

Over the past year, I have spent almost half of my time travelling. Being away from home means meeting new people, gaining new perspectives and stepping outside your comfort zone. I think this is something that most of us academics lack. Whenever I meet someone new and they find out …