Farming

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 …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that in July 2025, 113,504 tonnes of products were exported across Türkiye, generating 121.5 million dollars in revenue. Gürüz stated that the sector’s exports reached 1.814 billion dollars in the …

Press release… Entrepreneurship and beekeeping training programmes, organized under an FAO project, have been completed, with filming and interviews conducted by the Communication Team from FAO’s Headquarters in Rome, as part of FAO’s 80th anniversary celebrations… 15 August 2025 Düzce, Türkiye – This week, FAO experts conducted Entrepreneurship and Business Management …

Press release… Türkiye, the world’s food warehouse, ramped up its exports to South Korea, one of its target markets, by 34 percent to 145 million dollars in 2024. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye exports 30 billion dollars worth of …

Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers’ Association, stated that tropical fruit production in the district has grown, saying, “Over the past 20 years, tropical products have diversified and we have come to produce over 40 tropical fruits.” Antalya… Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers …

Press release… Celal Kadooğlu, President of the Southeast Anatolia Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters Association, announced that they are a party to one of the memoranda signed within the scope of establishing a new generation comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Türkiye and Syria. Celal Kadooğlu “Within the scope of …

Farmers in Türkiye are grappling with an exceptionally challenging season, as spring frosts, prolonged drought, and a scorching summer heat wave have caused severe damage to crops, prompting urgent calls for government assistance to support struggling producers. Recalling that the agricultural frost disaster in April affected producers in 65 provinces, Şemsi Bayraktar, …

Press release… The cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which holds the export leadership with a share of over 30 percent of total exports in Southeastern Anatolia, exceeded 2 billion dollars in exports in the January-July period with a 6.6 percent increase. During this period, exports soared by 0.3 percent …

Press release… The Turkish olive oil sector exported 44,097 tonnes in the nine-month period as it entered the final quarter of the 2024-25 export season. The country to which the most of the golden liquid was exported was the United States, with 19,041 tonnes. Of every 100 tonnes of olive …

The sunflower cultivation area in Uşak soared approximately fourfold in the last five years to 40,700 decares thanks to seed support. Uşak… According to information compiled by an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent from the Uşak Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, work was initiated in 2020 to expand sunflower cultivation …