Water Management

It’s been an extremely hot couple weeks since we last spoke. Europe has had devastating fires, and more than 2,000 people have died there of heat-related illness. China and India sizzled in extreme heat, and the consequences for countries in the Global South were devastating. In Seville, Spain, the deadly …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci said, “As of the point we have reached, we can now store 180 billion cubic metres of water. 47 billion cubic metres of this amount has been provided by 654 dams that built in our political term.” Dr. Vahit Kirişci Minister …

Press release… İZMİR (Ege Agency) – Ege (Aegean) University (EU) Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Analysis Laboratory (AGROLAB) continues to provide analysis services in the field of agriculture-food for producers from consumers, private sector and public institutions and organizations. Dr. Banu Yücel AGROLAB, which has made the accreditation infrastructure ready by …

64% of the EU territory is under warning or alert because of prolonged drought! BRUSSELS The European Commission said Tuesday it expects around 15% lower yield averages in corn, maize, and soybean as Europe experiences the worst drought in 500 years. “The current drought still appears to be the worst …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, who shared the knowledge that organic production in Turkiye started in the dried fruit sector 35 years ago, said, “The whole world is in an effort to strengthen its position in the organic sector. Biofach, …

Research released by TCP Partners, an investment and management company, predicts that Brazil’s irrigated area could grow by 4.2 million hectares by 2040. According to the study, since 2006, irrigated agriculture in Brazil has shown an average growth rate of 4.7% per year. According to IBGE data, in 2021, the …

The government plans to impose a new agricultural model that moves more production to cities to provide fresh and cheaper food for the population and overhauls the support system for producers as it seeks to improve and modernize the sector… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is preparing to roll …

Press release… Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar, in his written statement, said, “Stubble burning, which has never been an agricultural practice and paves way to serious damage to soil fertility in the long term, causes the loss of sustainable productivity in agricultural lands.” Şemsi Bayraktar Stating …

Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of human-made chemicals that don’t occur in nature. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t break down in the environment. They have non-stick or …

Poor rainfall in major rice-growing regions of India has triggered fears of export restrictions on rice, too, after wheat and sugar. Looking to control domestic prices, India had in May banned wheat and sugar exports amid a scorching summer and a global supply shortage. Being the world’s largest exporter of …