Smart Technologies

Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association (EKMMİB) brought together all parties of the sector at the “Dried Fig Board” meeting in Aegean province of Aydın, the capital of dried fig production, for the sustainable export of dried figs where Türkiye is the world leader in production and …

Agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. But it is also part of the solution. Smallholder farmers are key to reducing emissions as they tend not to use harmful fertilizers or machinery powered by fossil fuels. That’s why, at COP27, IFAD and the United States launched the Global Methane Pledge partnership to …

A total of 1 million worms at the facility of the Zeytinburnu Municipality in Istanbul that feed on organic waste collected from marketplaces and groceries have produced a tonne of fertilizer for use in horticulture. “The organic wastes we collect from the marketplaces established six days a week throughout Zeytinburnu and from the …

The government wants to see more young people at every stage of agricultural production, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişçi has said. “I consider food safety as the first priority of the ‘Turkish Century’ in agriculture,” Kirişçi said at a meeting of the Agriculture-Forestry Workers Union in Ankara. “We need to shape our agricultural …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci: We can call the TarımCebimde (Agriculture in my pocket) application a revolution in the name of digitalization. Kirişci underlined that digitalization is essential for food supply security and product planning in his speech at the “TarımCebimde Application Promotion Meeting” held at …

Buse Berber Örçen, Senior Manager of Nanomik Biotechnology, which was established to produce an alternative to synthetic pesticides, said that the natural food preservatives they developed extend the shelf life of not only packaged foods, but also fruits and vegetables. Chemical substances called pesticides are used in many products in …

Press release… The Commission Proposed Regulation on Carbon Removal Certification… The legislative proposal on certification of carbon removals published today by the European Commission is an important step towards achieving the Green Deal’s climate targets. Delivering on the revised LULUCF target of 310 MtCO2eq net removals by 2030, and to …

One of Türkiye’s oldest financial institutions, the Turkish Economy Bank brought together technology and data-oriented initiatives with experienced angel investment networks to discuss transformation, opportunities and healthy, sustainable production in agriculture An event organized by one of Türkiye’s pioneering private banks this week brought together entrepreneurs engaged in agriculture with …

December 2022, New Cambridge Econometrics analysis for the European Climate Foundation, explores the role of energy prices in recent consumer price inflation in Türkiye, with a view to understanding the potential for faster energy transition measures to ease inflationary pressures and risks. Cambridge Econometrics analysed energy system and inflation data …