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Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association (EKMMIB), who shared the knowledge that Türkiye meets 58 percent of the world’s dried fig need, said, “As the dried fig sector, we export to 115 countries. The first country we exported to was the United …

There is an abundance of anchovy at fish stalls in Istanbul. Anchovy, whose price increased to around 100 TL this year, decreased to 50 TL. Fishermen said that citizens turned to anchovy due to the price drop. After bonito, anchovy began to decorate the fish stalls. With the withdrawal of …

Within the scope of TARSİM, premium support increased by 21 percent in 2022… In 2022, the area insured in agriculture reached 34.9 million decares with an increase of 21 percent compared to the previous year and the number of policies soared by 22 percent to 3.1 million. According to the …

Press release… Türkiye, the world’s dried fruit supplier… The priority of the Turkish dried fruit sector is sustainable production and export by protecting its lands. Türkiye is the world’s largest supplier of dried fruits, which are included in the list of healthy food products by the World Health Organization. Mehmet …

Establishing 733 honey forests in 79 out of 81 provinces, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is aiming to increase this figure to 790 by the end of 2023, stating that Türkiye ranks second in the world in honey production. Vahit Kirişçi In the statement made by the ministry to daily Hürriyet, it noted that …

Producer Price Index of Agricultural Products (Agriculture-PPI) soared by 4. 82 percent in December and 151.03 percent annually in 2022, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Jan. 16. “Compared to the previous month in sectors, forestry products and related services decreased by 3.45 percent, products of agriculture, hunting and …

The government wants to see more young people at every stage of agricultural production, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişçi has said. “I consider food safety as the first priority of the ‘Turkish Century’ in agriculture,” Kirişçi said at a meeting of the Agriculture-Forestry Workers Union in Ankara. “We need to shape our agricultural …

Turkish Guild of Agricultural Journalists (TGAJ) held the ordinary general assembly in Ankara with its members on Saturday. İsmail Uğural was reelected as the president of TGAJ. Uğural said that they will be more active in new 3-year period and a good member of International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci: We can call the TarımCebimde (Agriculture in my pocket) application a revolution in the name of digitalization. Kirişci underlined that digitalization is essential for food supply security and product planning in his speech at the “TarımCebimde Application Promotion Meeting” held at …