Food

Food companies, especially food exporting firms, are hoping that they can benefit from a recent regulation that paves the way for the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry to lease out agricultural lands that are not cultivated for two consecutive years. According to the regulation published in the Official Gazette last week, it will …

The “strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture” has entered its final stages.   The 29 food sector representatives invited to the roundtable, set up by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to “tackle polarisation” in the sector, will discuss a draft version of the dialogue’s conclusions next week.  Ursula von der Leyen Previous meetings …

Mutlu Doğru, Head of Adana Farmers’ Association, draws attention to the dissatisfaction of farmers engaged in agricultural production all over Türkiye due to problems such as increasing costs, low market prices and shrinking demand and stated that some measures should be taken for the continuation of agricultural production. These suggestions …

Press release… Since 2018, Türkiye’s East Mediterranean province of Mersin has become the ‘Partner City’ of Interfresh Eurasia Fair, which has been organised since 2018 and has become Türkiye’s showcase of the fruit and vegetable sector in the world. Mersin province, with its citrus fruits, fruit and vegetables, flavours, institutions …

Türkiye’s eastern Mediterranean province of Mersin’ Metropolitan Municipality started compost production from organic waste with a zero waste approach. Every day, compost products are produced from approximately 1.5-2 tonnes of organic waste from the fruit and vegetable market. Approximately 100 cubic metres of compost has been produced since the beginning …

“TGİ will introduce bulgur as a Turkish product to the world” “Turkish bulgur will be recognised by the world,” said Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board. Giving information about the Bulgur Promotion Project of Turkish Food Exporters, which entered into …

With the backing of the IPARD Programme — co-financed by Türkiye and the European Union (EU) and managed by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK), the competent body under the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry — Turkish citizens living abroad have constructed 128 facilities, each with costs ranging from 33 to 277 million …

Yaşabey Kalebaşı, Chair of the Association of Packaged Water Producers (SUDER), announces that they are a sectoral non-governmental organisation with 35 corporate members representing approximately 75 percent of packaged water production across the country. “We employ nearly 94 thousand people” Stating that the packaged water sector is of great importance …

Dear farmers, seed is the building block of life and the foundation of agriculture. You produce and reproduce for the continuity of all life. It will be possible to boost productivity and quality in our country’s agriculture by cooperating with our farmers who breathe life into the soil with ancestral …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), noted that they supported the promotional activities carried out by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector with the Bulgur Promotion Project as …