Rural Development

Press release… Agricultural production must be reformed! The future of agriculture: Regional product basins contract farming should be introduced! Sami Karaoğlan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akhisar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ATSO), emphasised that the only solution to the recent increase in food prices and the products …

August 30, 2024 First came wildfires that scorched sugar cane fields. Now, the worst drought in more than four decades is threatening coffee and soybean crops in Brazil. Extreme drought in the Amazon From May through August, some key agriculture areas faced the driest weather since 1981, according to natural …

Agriculture was a hot topic in the run-up to the European Parliament election, with parties making promises of better pay for farmers, a tougher stance on trade and less red tape on subsidies.   Notably, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) crowned itself as the “farmers’ party,” and even European Commission President …

The crop production support model was renewed. Supports were announced for the first time before the planting of crops. The new model, which every producer in the Farmer Registration System (ÇKS) will benefit from, was explained in detail for the 2025-2027 period. In other words, the way has been paved …

Women who came together Türkiye’s Southeastern province of Hakkari within the Agricultural Development and Women’s Cooperative (DEMETER) in Yüksekova district harvested the first chickpea with their hands. Mustafa Akın The chickpea harvest, which was planted by the members of the cooperative on 7 decares of land in the Mamerzan region …

Supported by the Türkiye’s Southwestern province of Muğla’s Governorship Investment Monitoring and Coordination Directorate (YİKOB) and the South Aegean Development Agency (GEKA), ‘Rural Development Model in Local: Muğla’ project, Muğla’s local products will be opened to world markets with a new trade model. Within the scope of the project, cooperative …

Türkiye’s leading agricultural centre of Adana’s Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture Chairperson Mehmet Akın Doğan said that in order to overcome problems such as unplanned production and climate change in agriculture, a model based on planning in agricultural production should be adopted and farmers should be encouraged to produce in accordance …

Professor Dr. Yunus Kılıç, Chair of the 27th Term Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM), regarding the decision to lease agricultural lands that are not cultivated for 2 consecutive years, said, “Our total amount of arable agricultural land in the country is …

The “strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture” has entered its final stages.   The 29 food sector representatives invited to the roundtable, set up by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to “tackle polarisation” in the sector, will discuss a draft version of the dialogue’s conclusions next week.  Ursula von der Leyen Previous meetings …

The ‘Regulation on the Leasing of Uncultivated Agricultural Land for Agricultural Purposes’ prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette. Accordingly, agricultural lands owned by real and legal persons and not cultivated for two consecutive years will be leased by …