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Press release… Exports of tobacco, one of the traditional export products of the Aegean Region, soared by 10 percent in the last year, rising from 915 million to 1.004 billion dollars. The tobacco sector has surpassed the 1 billion dollar mark in exports after 7 years. The tobacco sector last …

At the International Grain Conference 2025 (IGC), Vince Peterson, President of U.S. Wheat Associates, delivered a striking reality check: Africa will be the epicenter of global wheat demand growth and the world is not yet prepared.• In 1990, global wheat consumption was 500 million tonnes. Today, it’s 800 million.• By …

The agricultural census campaign to be conducted across Türkiye is scheduled to begin in July, during which data will be collected on agricultural holdings, livestock and agricultural equipment and machinery. According to information obtained from officials at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), the census will be conducted to collect the …

507 beekeepers from different provinces came to the Muş Plain, which has a rich flora… The Muş Plain, one of Türkiye’s important beekeeping centres with its vast lands and rich vegetation, welcomed 507 beekeepers from different provinces this year. Muş… Beekeepers who spent the winter in warmer regions and arrived …

Press release… The Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseed and Products Exporters’ Association boosted its exports by 12 percent from 432 million dollars to 483 million dollars in the January-May period of 2025. The Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, which was the association that boosted its exports the most …

Press release… TÜRKİYE MAINTAINED ITS EXPORT VALUE IN FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES DESPITE CLIMATE SHOCK… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in May amounted to 283.6 million dollars. Noting that there …

Press release… With a harvest of 475,000 tonnes and along with 115,000 tonnes of olive oil carried over from last year, Türkiye which ranks second in the world in olive oil production this year, has launched a ‘licensed warehousing for olive oil’ project that is unique in the world and …

Press release… China, the world’s second largest economy, which imported 2.6 trillion dollars worth of goods in 2024, is expecting more participants from Türkiye to attend the China Import Expo, which it began organising in 2018 with the aim of importing more from around the world and providing a platform …

June, 2025… Türkiye has launched a new forestry initiative aimed at combating climate change and forest fires across the country. The $400 million Climate-Resilient Forestry Project, developed in cooperation with the World Bank, was announced by Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı during a speech at the International Workshop on …

Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of humanity’s calories from crops, even taking into account adaptation to a warming world, scientists have said. As soon as 2050, this “moderate” scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2040 and slowly taper …