Smart Technologies

Press release… With the onus on farmers to reduce emissions from their herds many are looking at how breeding cows with better feed efficiencies can help achieve the objectives. Using the CFIT technology from VikingGenetics is already helping dairy farmers around the world not only reduce methane but also help …

Press release… The share of solar energy in Türkiye’s 104,800 Megawatts (MW) installed capacity reached 10,195 MW as of the end of June. Solar energy, which has a share of 10 per cent in the installed capacity of Türkiye, which is among the fastest growing countries in Europe in this …

Press release… Türkiye, which is the leading country in Europe and the fourth country in the world in terms of geothermal resource richness, can be the world leader by far if it turns this natural wealth into more added value with integrated utilisation. Ali Kındap Ali Kındap, Chairman of the …

Producers suggest watering the crops every two days, applying clay to reduce leaf damage, fruit burning and fruit drop, and regularly using calcium to enhance the quality of the product… Tropical fruit producers in the Alanya district of Antalya province are facing an uphill battle as sweltering temperatures threaten their …

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has started using NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) technology for mapping, creating libraries, and obtaining registration certificates for Türkiye’s geographically indicated products, including olive oil, honey and hazelnut. Hazelnut and honey Following the Edremit olive oil receiving a geographical indication patent by the European Union last week, the number of geographically indicated …

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… “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 …

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 …