Mechanization and Technology

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of …

Within the scope of the goals included in the Presidential Annual Programme, division of agricultural lands through inheritance and sales will be prevented, financial support will be provided to the heirs in land acquisition. In order to prevent the division of agricultural lands through inheritance and sale, financial support will …

The support for certified seed and sapling use will increase by 92.5 percent compared to this year and reach 387 million liras in 2021. The agricultural support budget is projected as 22 billion liras in 2021. Certified seed and sapling support to increase crop production was the item foreseen to …

Press release… Innovation and digitalization key for agriculture development in Europe and Central Asia… FAO, ITU and others stress the need for innovative agricultural policies and actions… 4 November 2020, Tashkent/Budapest/Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, the Secretary-General of the …

Press release… Dried fruit businesses will focus on lean techniques in production Exporter companies have taken action in order to improve their competencies through lean production techniques and reach 2023 targets in dried fruit sector which is among the healthy products list of the World Health Organization (WHO). With the …

The number of enterprises carrying out activities in biotechnology reached 363 in 2019, the country’s statistical authority announced Friday. Research and development (R&D) expenditures of the enterprises in 2019 rose to around 324.5 million Turkish liras ($57.13 million), which was nearly 276 million Turkish liras ($57.2 million) in the previous …

Press release… Highlights: Intergovernmental Council on Pandemic Prevention;Addressing risk drivers including deforestation & wildlife trade;Tax high pandemic-risk activities 540,000 – 850,000 unknown viruses in nature could still infect people;More frequent, deadly and costly pandemics forecast;Current economic impacts are 100 times the estimated cost of prevention Future pandemics will emerge more …

Press release… Hasan Girenes said the food that needs to be produced in the next 40 years will be more than what had been produced in 6 thousand years in the past. Yaşar Holding Vice President of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Hasan Girenes drew attention the importance of supporting with …

TürkTraktör, the leading agrimachinery company, General Manager Aykut Özüner said that they carried their production beyond the pre-epidemic period. Özüner said, “As a result, we increased our production figures by 38 percent and our domestic sales by 92 percent compared to the previous year.” According to a written statement made …

Digital transformation will be critical in redesigning production to prioritize the environment for a sustainable future, a major Turkish business association said on Oct. 20.  “One of the most important problems of our age is undoubtedly climate change,” said Bahadir Balkır, the vice president of the Turkish Industry and Business …