Smart Technologies

The Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute produced biodiesel from hemp seeds. Energy Agriculture Research Centre Director Mustafa Acar stated that hemp is an important raw material in the food and cosmetics sectors as well as its use for energy purposes. As a result of the studies carried out at the …

October, 2024 Regenerative agriculture pioneer Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) looks to transition more farmers around the world to regen practices through a new partnership with Türkiye-based Topraq. John Kempf Combining their respective technologies and expertise, the two will provide citrus, grape and cotton growers in southeast Europe and west and central Asia with …

Edirne Governor Yunus Sezer stated that they started to work to make Edirne a breeding heifer production centre of Türkiye. Yunus Sezer In his speech at the Paddy Season Evaluation and Water Management Meeting held at Ipsala Commodity Exchange, Sezer said that they have been working for about 6 months …

Sarayköy Geothermally Heated Greenhouse Organised Agricultural Zone, the first geothermal-based agricultural zone in Türkiye, draws attention with both modern agricultural techniques and environmentally friendly production approach. Established on a total area of 729 decares, this zone has 12 greenhouse parcels and 2 industrial parcels. Currently, tomato production is carried out …

″A deep tech innovation is impossible yesterday, barely viable today and will soon become so present and impactful that it’s hard to imagine life without it.″ — Siegel and Krishnan, 2020 A Transformational Opportunity for Brazilian Agribusiness… Brazilian agribusiness, a pillar of the national economy and a strategic player in …

One of the most prominent topics at the EIMA International 2024 conference, which was covered by AgroPages in Italy, was a glimpse into the state of the art of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to agriculture.  According to data revealed at the event, investments are increasing significantly, but Europe is lagging …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry published a guide on its official website on the production planning and support model, which started a new era in agricultural production. Answering 33 questions, the guide aims to introduce this new model to producers. Minister İbrahim Yumaklı announced that this planning is a …

While the negative impacts of climate change on water resources and basins are becoming an increasing problem in Türkiye, new measures are being taken in this area. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change have prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure sustainable …

Growing in controlled conditions in a glasshouse at Norwich’s John Innes Centre are several varieties of wild grasses, otherwise known as Aegilops tauschii. These wispy, waist-high plants may seem unlike our modern wheat crop, but recent major international study discovered they contain the same genome.  Rose McNelly Scientists believe this would …

Press release… Struggle to enhance quality in cotton production… Muzaffer Turgut Kayhan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Better Cotton Practices Association (IPUD), said that turning towards quality products instead of increasing the amount of production in cotton will ramp up the price and in this way, the …