Mechanization and Technology

Transforma Insights’ recent report, ‘Digital Transformation (DX) in the Agriculture sector’ identified nine key domains of change in the Agriculture sector that are enabled by disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. In this article we examine each of these key use cases and the impact …

Press release… Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar made a video press statement on stubble fires that started in many regions these days when the harvest intensified. Bayraktar said that these fires cause the destruction of the natural and agricultural ecosystem, the decrease in the amount of …

Press release… “We are the first in the Aegean in Good Agricultural Practices” Within the scope of the ‘Expansion of Biotechnical Control Against the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Project’ and the ‘Good Agricultural Practices Project’, 5 thousand Mediterranean Fruit Fly control traps were distributed to the producers with a ceremony held …

From providing food to sustaining smallholder communities, agriculture is a fundamental core of our society – one that the modern world cannot live without. Even so, this critical industry can be highly unpredictable as it relies on various factors that significantly impact its outcome, including the most influential: climate. Climate …

July 2023 will probably be the world’s hottest month in “hundreds, if not thousands, of years,” top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday (20 July). This month has already seen daily records shattered according to tools run by the European Union and the University of Maine, which combine ground and …

Vertical farming, a type of agriculture practice that has the ability to produce up to 40 times more produce than conventional farming techniques, is currently seeing a rapid expansion under the leadership of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. Following the decreasing availability of agricultural lands all over the world and the …

Workers in agriculture at higher risks of heat stress and they also suffer from high exposure to pesticides which can also be detrimental to their health, senior ILO official says… London… As global temperatures have been continuously increasing due to climate change with severe impacts on people’s health, and labor …

Press release… Ankara… Agricultural enterprise typologies in the livestock sector in Türkiye will be determined in cooperation with FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The project aims to develop the technical capacity of the relevant units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in order to improve more …

Permission requirement for production planning in agriculture is coming! The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry presented the draft regulation, which includes the rules of planned production in agriculture, to the view of sector stakeholders. According to the draft, it will be necessary to obtain permission from the Ministry for the …

Press release… The new target in Çamlı Feed Animal Husbandry Co.; UK, Ukraine, Poland, France, Georgia markets Çamlı Feed Animal Husbandry Co. was founded in 1983 as the representative of Yaşar Group in agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries sectors and has been directing its sectors since its establishment. Tunç Tunçer …