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Yıldıray Gençer, the Chairperson of the Sub-Union of the Seed Industrialists and Producers, stated that the Turkish seed sector has a strong structure. Yıldıray Gençer “We not only produce our own seeds. We export seeds to over 100 countries. In 2023, we exported 326.8 million dollars against 249.6 million dollars …

Food is a human right. Yet hundreds of millions are still going to bed hungry.@FAO's #RightToFood Guidelines can help influence the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Learn more 👉https://t.co/AJLCVAJdCs pic.twitter.com/ON73xwUr8w— FAO Asia Pacific (@FAOAsiaPacific) April 3, 2023

Press release… 250 million dollars target in cherry exports! The first cherry harvest of 2024 in Türkiye, the world leader in cherry production, was made a week earlier than in 2023 with the early arrival of spring. Hayrettin Uçak The first cherry harvest of the Northern Hemisphere was held in …

Although fungi are among vegetables in terms of our food, they are not in the animal or plant kingdom. They are a primitive group of living organisms that do not have organs such as true roots, stems, leaves and flowers and lack chlorophyll, that is, they cannot photosynthesise. These naturally …

The USDA has released its latest data on sugar production and the 20-year downward trend continues. The chart is based on data from the USDA Economic Research Service’s (ERS) Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System… Availability means total amount produced, less exports, plus imports; it is a proxy for consumption (but undoubtedly higher than …

Press release… Exports of Sultana raisins, one of Türkiye’s leading export products in food products, soared by 29 per cent on a foreign currency basis in the 2023/24 season. In the 2023/24 seedless raisin export season, which started on 1 September 2023, Türkiye exported the highest amount of raisins to …

The latest news on the cocoa market is that prices surged to a record high of US$9,733/ tonne late in March 2024 and recently topped US10,051/ tonne as inclement weather decimates yields in major production areas. Consequently, the price of chocolate which is the most popular and the largest byproduct …

İpek pointed out that if no measures are taken, the loss and leakage rate in irrigation could increase to 52 per cent... Agricultural Production Consultant of Ekin Agro Tarım Ürünleri A.Ş. (Ekin Agro Products Inc.) and Agricultural Engineer Sabri İpek stated that in a period when the climate crisis and …

Solar energy investments continue in Türkiye. Kuzuova Floating Solar Power Plant, Türkiye’s first energy generating floating solar power plant, was established on the surface of Elazığ Keban Dam Lake. The country’s first floating solar power plant (SPP) built on the Keban Dam in Elazığ started to generate electricity. Kuzuova Floating …

For many American farms, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. The Robison and Stennes family orchards combined equal more than 200 years of growing apples in Washington.  Dave and Karla Robison The Robison family has been growing apples in Chelan, Washington since the 1950s. Today, Jake – the fourth …