Livestock

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry aims to increase the catches of Turkish vessels and obtain new fishing grounds, especially in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, by completing fisheries agreements with 12 African countries and continuing negotiations with 15 more countries. The ministry is actively negotiating fisheries partnerships with Gabon, Djibouti, …

Produced with milk from cows who grazed in Muş’s lush highlands and aged for six months, the province’s aged cheese embodies superior quality rooted in the region’s rich agricultural diversity… The market for “Muş eski kaşarı” aged cheese, produced in Muş provınce in eastern Türkiye, where livestock farming is widespread, …

Press release… Türkiye participated in the “55th International Algiers Fair (FIA)” held in Algeria between 24-29 June 2024 with the status of “Guest of Honour Country”. Bedri Girit 55th International Algeria Fair (FIA 2024) was attended by Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association as the Coordinator Association representing the …

Press release… Five billion dollar food export target to the USA… Turkish Food Sector Advances to Big Targets in the USA… Between 2019 and 2023, the total food imports of the USA soared by 35 percent from 156 billion dollars to 211 billion dollars, while Türkiye’s food exports to the …

Price hikes for vegetable oils, sugar, dairy products offset decline in those for cereals, UN food agency report shows… The index for global food prices remained stable in June as hikes in prices for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decline in those for cereals, according to the …

Press release… Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in his written statement, reported that in the first half of the year covering the January-June period of 2024 from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces, the region’s exports amounted to 793 million 472 thousand 839 dollars. …

Press release… Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association and Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association participated in the Summer Fancy Food Show Fair held in New York on 23-25 June 2024 and presented Turkish food products to the taste of Americans. Bedri Girit Under the national …

Experts who continue their research in the field of beekeeping have recommended the use of local breed bees in order to continue producing honey and bee products without being exposed to climate change and drought. Professor Dr. İbrahim Çakmak Academics specialising in the field of beekeeping at Bursa Uludağ University …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı announced that according to the data of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Bank, with an agricultural output of 68.5 billion dollars in 2023, Türkiye ranked 1st in Europe and among the top 10 countries in the world. In a …

Press release… The cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which exported 680 million dollars to the USA in 2023 and the Turkish fisheries and animal products sector, which ramped up its exports to the USA to 123 million dollars, prepared the ground for new commercial connections at the New York …