Water Management

Rainfall increased by 38 percent in the first four months of the agricultural season compared to last year! Güven Özdemir In Türkiye, rainfall during the agricultural season between 1 October and 31 January was around the long-term average and increased by 38 percent compared to last year. Istanbul… In Türkiye, …

Press release… Following a year of drought and water scarcity debates in 2025, Türkiye entered 2026 with rainfall. Professor Dr. Murat Türkeş noted that the long-awaited effective rainfall largely eliminated meteorological drought, but emphasised that hydrological, agricultural and ecological droughts continued to have an impact in the background. According to …

Wetlands, among the most threatened ecosystems on the planet and providing approximately 39 trillion dollars in benefits globally each year, are experiencing an average annual loss of 0.52 percent. Ankara… To raise awareness about wetlands, “World Wetlands Day” is celebrated worldwide every year on February 2nd. Celebrated since 1997 to …

Press release… Fevzi Çondur, Chair of the Turkish Cotton Council (UPK) stated that he would like to draw attention to the devastating effects of climate change on agriculture. Çondur also emphasised that cotton producers are facing serious yield losses, particularly due to increasingly severe droughts in recent years. Underlining that …

Nov 6, 2025… A sustainable bioeconomy uses natural resources in a regenerative way that’s mindful of justice and ethics, and contributes to a nature-positive future. COP30 in Belém, Brazil will address five bioeconomy issues: forests, agriculture, social bioeconomy, biotechnology and finance. The private sector can support the bioeconomy by speeding …

Agriculture has reached its adaptive threshold. Industrial efficiency, once its engine, now threatens its foundation. The path forward is not a return to the past but an advance into nature’s own logic and R&D that has developed a system of refined resilience over 3+ billion years. Biomimetic agriculture is not …

Press release… Operational emission reduction is essential for climate targets… Dr. Hüdai Kara, Founder and CEO of Metsims, which provides strategic consulting services in the field of sustainability, emphasised that carbon offsetting alone does not solve the climate crisis and carries the risk of greenwashing. He stressed that companies must …

Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Commodity Exchange, announced that due to adverse weather conditions and heavy rainfall, the 2025/26 season cotton harvest in the Aegean Region is expected to be approximately 10-15 percent below the expected value. “As is known, the determination of cotton-planted …

In our country, the average annual rainfall is 574 mm, but in the 2025 water year, it was 422.5 mm nationwide. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, rainfall was 26% below normal and 29% below last year’s rainfall. The General Directorate of Meteorology announced that the water year rainfall …

Türkiye experienced a significant drop in both total rainfall and the number of rainy days during the 2025 water year, according to data released by the General Directorate of Meteorology under the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. Data compiled by Anadolu Agency (AA) shows that nationwide precipitation between …