Mechanization and Technology

Stating that the edible insect trade in the world constitutes a market of 55 million dollars, Assoc. Dr. Davut Şirin said that edible insects could be an alternative to meet the food needs of the increasing population. Dr. Şirin said, “Today, it is not surprising that this dietary habit, which …

Erkunt Tractor Domestic Sales Manager Yiğit Kosova stated that they had two good years as an industry both last year and in 2020. Expressing that agricultural products found value with the increase in food need after the epidemic and that the farmer evaluated all of his crop in the market, …

Region experiencing driest conditions since 1981, World Food Programme says… NAIROBI, Kenya… A severe drought that has hit the Horn of Africa region killed thousands of livestock and left millions of people facing severe hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a report Tuesday. The report released by WFP’s …

The fact that the farmer interest was intense in the tractor market, which contracted 2 years ago after the fluctuation in the foreign currency, and had a good period last season, pleased the manufacturers. TürkTraktör Commercial Deputy General Manager Ahmet Canbeyli stated that they had an active period with new …

Modern irrigation in agriculture is needed to protect wetlands… WWF-Turkiye (World Wildlife Fund) released a statement on February 2, World Wetlands Day. In the statement, it was pointed out that wetlands, which are the ecosystems with the highest biological production potential after tropical forests, are also important storage areas of …

After 7 years of research, scientists develop rice variety resistant to floods and salinity… DHAKA, Bangladesh… Bangladeshi scientists have claimed a breakthrough by developing a special rice variety, resistant to floods and salinity. Starting in 2015 as a joint project between Bangladesh Atomic Agriculture Research Institute (BINA) and Bangladesh Agricultural …

Minister accused of exorbitant price, agricultural machinery sector pointed to input costs… The statement of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli that the exorbitant increases in the prices of agricultural machinery purchased by the farmer with a grant will be punished, had an echo in the sector. In …

Press release… Kınık Agricultural Organised Industrial Zone (OIZ) will be a remedy for the medicinal and aromatic plants sector… Another agricultural product group, of which the Aegean Region is the leader in exports, was registered as non-wood forest products within the Aegean Exporters’ Association (EİB). Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chair of …

Turkiye broke a record with the production of 72 thousand 655 tractors in 2021. Lastly, 72 thousand 32 tractors were produced in 2017. Turkish Association of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery Manufacturers (TARMAKBİR) has published the tractor data for 2021. According to these data, tractor production, which was 50 thousand 417 …