Farming

350 million dollars of dried apricot exports were made from Malatya in 11 months… In the 11 months of the year, Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolia’s province Malatya earned 350 million 963 thousand dollars in return for 66 thousand 305 tonnes of dried apricot exports. Ramazan Özcan Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ramazan …

Press release… Within the scope of INNOFOOD Project, Türkiye’s largest food R&D and innovation project financed by the European Union and Türkiye, a “Workshop on the Dried Fruits Industry and Its Future in Türkiye” was held in cooperation with the Turkish Food Innovation Platform-TUGIP, which was established under the leadership …

The target in hazelnut export this season is 300 thousand tonnes… Türkiye, which is the leader in hazelnut production and export, aims to export 300 thousand tonnes of hazelnuts in the 2022-2023 season. Dursun Oğuz Gürsoy, Vice Chairman of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association, said that 3 …

A solid waste management company established on the dumping grounds in the capital Ankara’s Mamak district converts the energy produced from wastes burned at the facility into heat, using it for vertical farming and growing vegetables and fruits. “We reduced the cost of our first harvest of lettuce by 60 percent,” Ali Rıza Öner, …

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), stated that their packaged olive oil exports amounted to 107 million dollars. “We sent 53 percent of our total olive oil exports with packaging. The total exports of our sector soared by 399 percent to …

FAO Food Price Index in November virtually unchanged for the second month… Release date: 02/12/2022 » The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 135.7 points in November 2022, virtually unchanged from October, with month-on-month decreases in the price indices for cereals, dairy and meat, nearly offsetting increases in those of vegetable oils …

According to the farmer; Climate change is the biggest threat! One of the sectors most affected by global warming and climate change is the agricultural sector. A study conducted in 13 countries revealed that 98 percent of farmers in Türkiye see climate change as the biggest threat. Farmers state that …

Press release… Ayvalık (Türkiye’s western province Balıkesir’s district) Mayor Mesut Ergin celebrated the ‘World Olive Tree Day’ of everyone who earns their bread from this sector in Ayvalık region and throughout the country. Every year, 26 November has been recognized as “World Olive Tree Day” by UNESCO in order to …

Press release… Aegean exporters introduced Turkish agriculture to 39 countries at Halal Expo… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), which is at the peak of agricultural exports in Türkiye, ramped up its agricultural exports by 17 percent to 6.6 billion dollars in the last one-year period. Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which introduced Turkish …

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has established a digital database called “Barkodtürk” for registering endemic plant species. The database aims for the protection, long-term preservation and sustainability of Türkiye’s genetic resources and their use in scientific research to transfer them to future generations by creating a DNA bank based on endemic plants as the seeds preserved …