Mechanization and Technology

FAO Director-General calls for science and technology to bridge digital, rural and gender divides… QU Dongyu lauds Asia-Pacific’s progress on food security while calling for science and innovation to tackle persistent hunger, unaffordable healthy diets and rural inequalities September, 2026… Press release… Hangzhou, China/Rome – The Asia-Pacific region must place science, …

September 2026… Ali Kırali, Managing Director of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB – TMEX), stated that the TÜRİB Futures Market, which is scheduled to go live by the end of the year, will commence operations with wheat and maize contracts. İZMİR… According to a statement from the İzmir Commodity Exchange …

Press release… Dubai to bring together manufacturers, technology providers, investors and policymakers as the UAE envisions growth in food production, trade, and industrial capabilities UAE, September 01, 2026: The UAE’s food and beverage sector is entering a new phase of industrial growth, with the country targeting an increase in the …

August 2026… Agriculture is the oldest science in human history. However, today it is undergoing a transformation at a pace never seen before. Constraints such as a growing population, climate change, the shrinking of arable land and soil depletion will pose a major threat to the future of our agriculture. …

QU Dongyu spoke at the International Horticultural Congress in Japan underscoring the need for investment, innovation and stronger policies to boost the sector August 2026… Press release… Kyoto, Japan/Rome – Agriculture must move beyond a primary focus on producing sufficient quantities of food and place greater emphasis on providing the …

August 2026… The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, announced that the infrastructure of the geothermally heated greenhouse organised agricultural zone in Simav district of Kütahya province, has been completed and is ready for production. The 1,185-decare site, comprising 17 greenhouses and 8 industrial facilities, is expected to provide …

August 2026… Teck Wah Koh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA), made an assessment following his visits and meetings in Türkiye… Koh stated that Türkiye possesses the potential to host the ASC 2026 in the best possible way… “Together with my fellow Office …

August 2026… In Muğla, Türkiye’s leading province in aquaculture and export, sea bream and sea bass fry produced in modern hatcheries are shipped abroad using specially equipped vehicles, ships and cargo planes. Muğla, which holds a leading position in Türkiye’s aquaculture with 167,000 tonnes of production and a 26 percent …

August 2026… Teck Wah Koh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA), stated that Türkiye has significant potential in the seed industry due to its strategic location between Asia and Europe, describing the sector’s development as “exciting.” ANTALYA… Koh arrived in Antalya as part …

August 2026… Water is easy to take for granted — until there isn’t enough of it, or too much at once.This summer, both situations are playing out at once. Record droughts across Europe have slowed trade, hindered energy production and withered crops. Extreme rainfall brought flash floods across Asia, forcing …