Farming

Agricultural Overview and Economic Importance Türkiye ranks as the world’s seventh-largest agricultural producer and the ninth-largest agricultural production area. With a solid agricultural foundation, it achieves self-sufficiency in key crops such as grain, cotton, oil, and sugar. The country has enhanced its agricultural mechanization, leading to a continuously expanding mechanized …

Press release… Exports from the Eastern Black Sea region provinces; Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane amounted to 1 billion 752 million 344 thousand 554 dollars in 2024 and there was a 27 percent increase in the exports of the region compared to the previous year. In 2024,1 exports worth of …

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Şanlıurfa Governor Hasan Şıldak to discuss the problems in cotton production and processing. In the meeting held with the participation of public institutions, professional chambers and sector representatives, the necessary actions to be taken to improve the quality of cotton production were …

Innovative Approaches to Combat Soil Degradation and Restore Soil Health in the Mediterranean: Insights from SHARInG-MeD and SUS-SOIL Projects By Professor Dr. Ibrahim Ortaş, Lecturer – Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Türkiye SHARInG-MeD and SUS-SOIL Project Manager, iortas@cu.edu.tr The European Community has declared that due to unsustainable land management, overgrazing, …

Press release… ‘54 percent of November exports are tangerines, lemons and oranges’ Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that the Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector exported 360.6 million dollars in November. Evaluating the performance of the Turkish …

Press release… The Olive Tree, whose homeland is Anatolia, has been a symbol of history, culture and peace for thousands of years. Emre Uygun Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), which aims to draw attention to the ancient journey of olive and olive oil in Anatolia as well …

When Wang Fei started his agricultural drone company five years ago, the distinctive whirr of the autonomous vehicles went practically unheard over the wide swathes of farmland in his home county of Anlu. A former sales manager for agricultural machines in the western hub of Chengdu, Wang said at the …

Hüseyin Aydın, General Manager of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Türkiye (TTKK), announced that they will boost grain seed production by 100 percent in line with their 2025 targets. TTKK realised a record level of input sales this year and provided significant support to farmers in product purchases. Hüseyin Aydın, General …

Press release… Geothermal, which plays an important role in developed countries’ strategies to reduce external dependence on energy, also plays a critical role in decarbonisation and clean energy transition policies. While geothermal is the prominent emphasis in the evaluations of international organisations such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and …

Explaining that they reached an export figure of 32 million dollars in 2024 as Marmarabirlik (Union of Olive Agricultural Sales Cooperatives) , Marmarabirlik Chairman Hidamet Asa said that they set the export target for 2025 as 37 million dollars. Asa stated that they aim to exceed the threshold of 40 …