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Press release… Turkish exporters, who want to get more share from China’s annual imports of 2.6 trillion dollars, to balance foreign trade between Türkiye and China and to become China’s food warehouse, rolled up their sleeves to intensify their contacts with China in 2024. From left: Ferhat Gürüz, Cao Derong, …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that Türkiye ranks second in Europe and fourth in the world in greenhouse cultivation. In the last 21 years, greenhouse cultivation has grown by 123 percent, supplying 9.4 million tonnes of vegetables and fruits to the market. İbrahim Yumaklı Minister of Agriculture …

The United Nations estimates that the current world population of 8.1 billion people could reach over 10 billion before the end of the century. The challenges of feeding a growing population are considerable under any circumstances, and they are further complicated by the shift towards urbanization.  As more people move …

In 2020, it was estimated the world’s food system contributed 37 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050 that figure is due to increase by another 30-40 percent. Today, 75 percent of the global diet is based on just 12 plants, and 5 animal species, and 2 billion people …

To respond to changing conditions, including but not limited to climate variability and change, transboundary water allocation agreements and other arrangements should be adaptable. New transboundary water allocation agreements and other arrangements need to be designed tobe adaptable in the medium and long-terms to changing hydrological, climatic and other related …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, the member of National Hazelnut Council (UFK), stated that they foresee a partial recovery in the European markets, adding that buyers will continue to act very cautiously and that they expect a season in which orders will be formed according to market movements. Sebahattin Arslantürk Pointing …

ANKARA… Türkiye needs more investments for the development of the identified 62,00 megawatt (MW) of geothermal energy potential, which will contribute to the country’s 2053 net zero emissions target, the head of the Turkish Geothermal Energy Association said on Wednesday. Ali Kındap Geothermal energy is classified as a renewable energy …

Press release… What happened in agriculture in 2023, what does the sector expect from 2024? In the evaluation of 2023 in the agricultural sector, it was underlined that there was a spike in crop production last year due to good weather conditions and that farmers who continued their production despite …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Vice Chairman of the Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that in order to maintain the superiority in international markets in hazelnut exports, which is the agricultural product that provides the highest net foreign exchange inflow of Türkiye, …

Türkiye provided some TL 4.7 billion (157.8 million dollars) in grant support to rural development projects last year, a senior official said Wednesday. Highlighting that they made last year “the year of rural investments,” Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı said, “Last year, we provided TL 4.7 billion in grant …