Mechanization and Technology

With the “Local Seed Meetings” project, heirloom local seed varieties, which are in the hands of  farmers, have been taken under protection in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to this project launched under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 1131 heirloom local …

Inert agricultural lands belonging to the Turkish Treasury are opened to the utilisation of farmers… Production will start on an area of ​​14 million square metres. Kayseri has the biggest share of these lands with approximately 4 million square meters. Important steps are being taken in the fight against coronavirus …

Breeding activities of Potato Research Institute, located in Niğde province, started in 2005 so as to bring domestic potato seeds to the sector continue… Varieties of “Onaran 2015”, “Ünlenen”, “Nam”, “Nahita”, “Leventbey” and “Muratbey” which have been developed and registered in the Institute previously, are being sold to private sector. …

At an international meeting where I attended three years ago in Brussels, the speech of Ellen MacArthur, a British social entrepreneur on the topic of ‘Circular economy’, which had great repercussions in the world, left a deep impression on me. Last year during the World Congress of International Federation of …

Tekirdağ – Turkey’s first national and local electric tractor, is being tested in Tekirdağ Viticultural Research Institute. General Director of Agricultural Research and Policies Özkan Kayacan made explanations about the characteristics of the electric tractor. Driving tests in Turkey’s first national and local electric tractor of Tekirdag Viticulture Research Institute. …

With its projects and products in the field of technology, Defense Technologies Inc. (STM) plays an important role in the defense sector. It signed an important protocol with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Within the scope of cooperation protocol; Turkey’s first high-resolution images provided by the STM, which is …

In the provinces where hazelnuts are produced in the Eastern Black Sea Region, the button was pressed for the production of coal from hazelnut shells used as local fuel. Mayor of Ordu Metropolitan Municipality Mehmet Hilmi Güler started feasibility studies for the production of activated carbon from coal. Güler instructed …

TürkTraktör General Manager Aykut Özüner said that TürkTraktör, as the leading manufacturer of Turkish agricultural mechanization industry, saw its overseas sales turnover increase by 45 percent in the January-June period… Özüner’s announcement comes as the company celebrates the 65th anniversary of its foundation. TürkTraktör manufactured some 10,056 tractors and 6,338 …

CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Association) Business Barometer Results of June… According to the results of the sectoral Business Barometer survey held in June conducted by the CEMA on a monthly basis, the overall business environment in Europe remains negative. As in 2012, the business index continued to decline sharply and …