The “Water Efficiency Campaign” is set to be launched to prevent water misuse in homes, workplaces and industries, and to establish legal infrastructure, modern irrigation methods in agriculture and raise public awareness of water consumption in Türkiye. The campaign announcement comes as the country is experiencing significant “water stress” due …
Read More »DONORS PLEDGE 30 BILLION DOLLARS FOR AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE!
African leaders recommit to increase financing from national budgets to agriculture… KIGALI, Rwanda… James Tasamba… Africa’s development partners committed 30 billion dollars Friday to agricultural development and food sovereignty on the continent during the next five years. The announcement came at the closure of a continental food summit in Senegal’s …
Read More »AEGEAN FRESH FRUIT AND VEG EXPORTERS SET A TARGET OF 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS FOR 2023!
Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which has broken export records for 5 years in a row by delivering the flavours produced in the Aegean Region to all over the world held a press conference and came together with the Izmir economy press. EYMSİB who brought …
Read More »TURKIYE’S PISTACHIO EXPORTS REACH 181.1 MILLION DOLLARS….
A revenue of 181 million 133 thousand dollars was obtained from pistachio exports from Türkiye to 104 countries in 2022. İsa Kızıldemir Şanlıurfa Commodity Exchange Assembly Chair İsa Kızıldemir said that they expect the pistachio harvest to double in the coming periods with the increasing number of trees in their …
Read More »TURKIYE PROVIDES 58 PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S DRIED FIG PRODUCTION!
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 …
Read More »ANCHOVY ABUNDANCE LOWER PRICES!
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 …
Read More »AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE PREMIUM SUPPORTS SOARED BY 21 PERCENT IN 2022…
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 …
Read More »MEHMET ALI ISIK: TURKIYE IS THE WORLD’S DRY FRUIT SUPPLIER
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 …
Read More »MINISTRY ESTABLISHES 733 HONEY FORESTS IN 79 REGIONS!
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 …
Read More »PRODUCER PRICE INDEX IN AGRICULTURE INCREASES BY 4.82 PERCENT!
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 …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
