Climate Change and Environment

Press release… Agricultural Engineer and Smart Agriculture Practitioner Şükrü Cem Akçay drew attention to the effects of climate change on agricultural production and emphasised the importance of new drought-resistant production models and artificial intelligence-supported technologies. Akçay said, “Climate change is one of the biggest risks not only today but also …

Welcome to the AgriVoltaics World Conference! Challenging Agrivoltaics! The 6th AgriVoltaics World Conference will take place in Freiburg, Germany, from July 1-3, 2025! Save the date in your calendar! The AgriVoltaics World Conference provides high-level scientific exchange and great networking opportunities for researchers from PV and agriculture (including biology and hydrology) and those working …

Press release… At the Carbon Neutral 10th Istanbul Carbon Summit held with high stakeholder participation, the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association awarded carbon management achievements. The Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D), with the main support of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change and Istanbul Technical University (ITU), …

Adverse weather conditions and sudden shifts in temperatures have negatively impacted agricultural production and crops in Türkiye, which officials described as one of the “biggest frost events” in the country’s recent history, while pledging to stand by producers. “In March and April, but especially in the last three-day period (April …

“More than 800 million people do not have access to enough healthy water” March, 2025… In his statement on World Water Day, Yaşabey Kalebaşı, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Packaged Water Producers (SUDER), stated that 70 per cent of the world’s fresh water supply is …

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (HMKU) Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops announced that they expect a serious decrease in agricultural production this year due to the drought in the Amik Plain. In the plain, which is one of the most productive agricultural areas of Türkiye, the effect of drought …

DROUGHT AND DROP IN WATER LEVEL PUTS PRESSURE ON PRODUCERS… Drought and low water level in rivers threaten paddy agriculture in Türkiye’s northwestern province of Edirne, which is the leader in paddy production in the country. In 2023, the region, which produced 391 thousand 101 tonnes of paddy on an …

Press release… OUR FUTURE, OUR LIVELIFE RESOURCES ARE DYING AS GLACIERS MELT RAPIDLY… SÜT-D CALLED TO PROTECT OUR GLACIERS, OUR WATER, STOP CLIMATE CHANGE… On World Water Day, the Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D) highlighted the importance of water in various aspects of human life, including agriculture, industry, energy, …

World coffee prices reached a multi-year high in 2024 – increasing 38.8 percent on the previous year’s average – mostly driven by inclement weather affecting key producing countries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said. According to an FAO note on global coffee market trends, in December …

Press release… According to FAO’s latest Cereal Supply and Demand Summary report, global wheat production in 2025 is projected to be 796 million tonnes, an increase of about 1 percent compared to the previous year. In the European Union, the increase in soft wheat plantings, especially in France and Germany, …