Mechanization and Technology

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 …

Brazilian Agriculture often undergoes great advances. The Brazilian system of support for science and innovation as well as the willingness of Brazilian farmers to test and accept new technologies are pillars of these advances.  In recent years, regenerative agriculture has been one of these leaps, respecting soil conservation practices and …

Studies are carried out at Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) to enhance the added value of hemp as an industrial product. In addition to the cultivation and harvesting of hemp in the Black Sea province of Samsun, projects and R&D studies are conducted on its use in the defence industry, insulation …

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 …

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 …

In 2019, the pandemic process that affected the whole world changed production habits as well as consumption. While we see that every digital sector from automotive to the service sector has grown, some sectors have been recognised and their importance has been understood. Agriculture and food were at the top …

In Hatay, one of Türkiye’s fertile lands, the banana harvest continues in the greenhouse… Hatay, the agricultural region of Türkiye’s fertile lands, stands out in the production of tropical products. Mehmet Alkan, a farmer in Demirköprü neighbourhood of Antakya district of Hatay province, grows bananas in his 10-decare greenhouse he …

“We aim to boost the number of fattening OTBs to 31” Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that they aim to boost the number of Fattening Organised Agricultural Zones (OTB), where animal production enterprises are brought together according to their specialisation, from 9 to 31. İbrahim Yumaklı According …

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 …