Mechanization and Technology

HPA President Yıldız: This innovative  water program can create a regional  attraction May 25, 2020The newly established International Water Resources Department at İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) started enrolling in the master of science program for the 2020-2021 academic year. This education held at some universities and institutes, especially in …

Southeastern Turkey’s Çetin Dam, the country’s and Europe’s largest roller-compacted concrete dam, has begun production. The dam is set to contribute TL 500 million ($73.8M) annually to the national economy. In a written statement Wednesday, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said the Çetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant, which …

Press release… Izmir Commodity Exchange Laboratory, R&D and Consultancy Services Inc.(İZLADAŞ), which was established with 100 percent capital of Izmir Commodity Exchange, started operations in 2014, continues to prove that it has the best fibre analysis laboratory in the world. İZLADAŞ, which started to participate in the cotton fibre analysis …

The Water Policies Association has made a study considering the predictions that there will be a change and nothing will be the same after the COVID-19 global epidemic. In this study, the status of digital technology applications started in Water Services Management in the rapidly digitalizing world was examined. In …

During the online press conference organized by the Turkey Seed Growers’ Association (TÜRKTOB) and the Association of Economics Journalists, various issues related to seeding and agriculture were discussed. Stating that a great number of needs are met in various fields through national seeds that are bred and developed from domestic …

Press release… By saying “May all Turkey sow”, Filiz Ceritoğlu Şengel, Mayor of Selçuk (a district of İzmir province), who announces ‘Mother Earth’s Call’ throughout Turkey sowed watermelon of Gelemer variety in the Efes (Ephesus) field. Gelemer variety Efes-Selçuk Watermelon, which has been one of the agricultural richnesses of the …

Urban areas contain more than half the world’s population and contribute to some 70% of the planet’s energy emissions. Cities guzzle the bulk of Earth’s resources and produce more waste. Many residents live in “urban food deserts.” And buildings are literally making their occupants sick. Our planet is home to …

Turkish Agricultural Machinery for the world’s farmers’ needs of quality and efficiency… Who We Are… TARMAKBİR, The Turkish Association of Agricultural Machinery & Equipment Manufacturers, is an initiative of Turkish private sector that found in 1978. Being the representative of the Turkish agricultural machinery industry, currently it has more than …

Press release… agROBOfood is offering 2.65 M€ to SMEs through its’ 1 st Open Call for Innovation Experiments!  agROBOfood is a Horizon 2020 project aiming to build a European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotic technologies in the agrifood sector and to support SMEs become more efficient and competitive.  …

With the “Local Seed Meetings” project, heirloom local seed varieties, which are in the hands of  farmers, have been taken under protection in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to this project launched under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 1131 heirloom local …