Co-ops, Unions and Assoc.

In the mist of the gloom generated by the twin health and economic crises, the birth of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a ray of light.  More than a million lives have been lost worldwide as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is massive unemployment and entire …

The Agricultural Development Cooperative of Nazilli (ÖR-KOOP), which was established by 7 producers in 1979 to develop the local farmers in Nazilli district of Aydın province, continues to grow with the goal of branding. ÖR-KOOP Chairman Ünal Önal said that they are one of the largest co-ops with 2 thousand …

Press release… While meat and milk prices continue to increase in markets and grocery stores in our country, the input costs of the producers such as feed, fuel oil, electricity, water and fertilizer are constantly increasing. However milk price has been the same since 15 November 2019. Animal slaughter prices …

Marmaris (a district of Muğla province) Agricultural Development Cooperative (MARKO) was established with the contributions of Marmaris Municipality. Through the cooperative, both agricultural production will be promoted and products unique to Marmaris will be introduced to the world. An important step has been taken for agricultural development in Marmaris, whose …

Research: ‘The world’s population could be 10 billion in 30 years’ According to a new report published, by 2050, more than 1 billion people may be forced to leave their place of residence due to rapid population growth. According to the report of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) …

Press release… Milk Lamb meets Bergama, Kınık and Dikili districts… Milk Lamb Project, while expanding the distribution area in the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, continues to be a lifeline for the producer by increasing the number of cooperatives from which milk is purchased. The growth of the project, where 8 litres …

Press release… Turkish Organic Network (TORA) was launched on August 20… Professor Dr. Uygun Aksoy, the Chairwoman of TORA, said that all institutions and organizations, operating in every stage of the production and consumption of organic products and inputs, came together in order to provide the cooperation and solidarity. TORA, …

Lütfi Bayraktar, the Chairman of the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (FİSKOBİRLİK), said that in 2020, they had 500 million liras turnover targets.Bayraktar stated that they made a great effort to keep the union alive at the press conference held at the FİSKOBİRLİK General Directorate. Expressing that they made a …

Press release… İzmir Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry said that their main purpose is to improve the existing cooperatives across the province… Indicating that in his written statement, there are about 35 thousand cooperative stakeholders in İzmir, Özen said, “We have a total of 283 Agricultural Cooperatives, including 154 …

THE ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ETHICS… The founding idea of the Association of Agriculture and Food Ethics has emerged during the preparation process of ‘Promoting Agricultural and Food Ethics in Turkey and Improving the Ethical Decision‐making Capacity of the Stakeholders in Agriculture‐TARGET’ project, carried out by the Bioethics Association …