Farming

Press release… Our dried figs are worth gold…Average export price of dried figs exceeded 6 thousand dollars! Described as the fruit of paradise, dried figs, one of Türkiye’s prestige products in exports, surged by 37 percent on a dollar basis in the 2024/25 season and the average export price of …

Increasing costs and climate-induced damages are pushing farmers toward crop varieties that require less labour and money. Noting that input costs have become quite high, especially in large fields, growers are also looking for methods to reduce costs to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Mehmet Akın Doğan The output of some products …

Bank’s new Food and Agribusiness Strategy 2025 acknowledges the complexity of food systems Strategy emphasises the sustainable transformation of the agrifood sector Renewed emphasis on private-sector engagement and more prominence for partnerships within global food systems January, 2025 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its new Food and Agribusiness Strategy 2025. The …

Press release… Türkiye – Poland Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Summit was held on 23 January 2025 in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, within the scope of the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector Promotion Campaign carried out by the Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Associations Sector Board within the …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in 2024 reached 3.4 billion dollars. Reminding that according to the Medium Term Programme, Türkiye has set 375 targets in total goods exports …

Press release… Morten Hartvigsen, FAO Land Tenure Officer, emphasises the link between increasing farm size, agricultural production growth and food security, and shares good practices from Europe… 24 January 2025, Ankara – The need to develop larger and more commercially profitable farms is a pressing issue in many countries as …

Organised for the second time this year by the Licensed Warehouse Companies Association (LİDAŞDER), ‘Licensed Warehousing in Türkiye and the World, Grain Markets Congress’ was held in Antalya between 16-19 January. In his opening speech, Serdar Genç, Chairman of the Licensed Warehouse Companies Association (LİDAŞDER), said, “Proudly stating that the …

Republican People’s Party (CHP) has taken an important step to find solutions to Türkiye’s problems in agriculture and forestry and to determine the policies to be implemented during the government period. It established an ‘Agriculture and Forestry Policies Supreme Council’ consisting of academics who are experts in their fields. A …

The Turkish government plans to allocate 350.7 billion liras (some 9.83 billion dollars) for the central Anatolian region through the Konya Plain Project (KOP) action plan over the next five years, a senior official announced on Friday. The KOP encompasses eight provinces: Konya, Aksaray, Karaman, Niğde, Kırıkkale, Yozgat, Nevşehir, and …

Türkiye exported 1 million 639 thousand tonnes of citrus products to different countries in 2024. Citrus exports from the country last year totalled 1 billion 46 million 128 thousand dollars. According to information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), 1 million 639 thousand tonnes of citrus …