Water Management

Agricultural lands in the Konya Plain, reeling under drought for months due to insufficient rainfall, were flooded this time due to heavy rains and melting snow on the mountains. Central Konya province is at the heart of agriculture for the country with its large farmlands used for growing wheat crops …

New FAO and ITU study highlights the benefits from the use of digital technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa… The digital revolution currently underway in Sub-Saharan Africa offers enormous potential for economic growth and agricultural productivity. Coastal countries benefit from fast internet, thanks to undersea cables, and 4G mobile networks are expanding …

With climate change, global warming and changing land use patterns, wildfires like those that have scorched Turkiye, Indonesia, California and vast swathes of Argentine wetland are set to occur more frequently in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution, death and destruction and other problems that governments are ill-prepared …

Press release… Turkiye achieved a great success in strawberry exports in 2021. While it exported 24.5 million dollars of fresh strawberries in 2020, it exported 46.2 million dollars of strawberries in 2021 with an increase of 88 percent. Noting that the project titled “We Know the Pesticides We Use”, implemented …

Main way to tackle carbon emissions is to minimize energy demands, says expert on energy efficiency… KONYA, Turkiye Decisions to be taken following Turkiye’s first Climate Council will shape the country’s future as part of the fight against climate change, said an official with the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry. …

Organic farming areas are expanding in the EU… The share of organic farming lands approached 10%… The share of organic farming areas in the total agricultural areas in European Union countries has approached 10%. According to Eurostat data, the European statistical administration, the size of organic farming areas in the …

Country’s first climate council shows it takes climate change seriously, says UN envoy in Turkiye… KONYA, Turkiye… Turkiye’s efforts toward green development will be of great benefit not only to the country but, of course, the region and globally as well, said UN Resident Coordinator in Turkiye Alvaro Rodriguez on …

The scope of grant support in agricultural irrigation has expanded… Solar energy and smart irrigation systems in individual irrigation were included in the grant support. The Communiqué on Supporting Individual Irrigation Systems within the Scope of Rural Development Supports has been updated with the communiqué published in today’s issue of …

Press release… As the leader of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), which carries out coordinating and secretarial services in Turkiye, took action to eliminate the problems experienced in the export of oranges, fresh grapes, fresh peppers, tangerines, pomegranates and lemons due to drug residues or …