The Turkish government has encouraged fish sales with incentives in a bid to increase consumption during the yearly four-and-a-half-month fishing ban that will be lifted by the end of this month, the agriculture minister has said. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry introduced a decision in April to release processed and …

Press release… FAO promotes farmer field schools for employment opportunities for Syrian refugees and Turkish farmers… 12 August 2020, Izmir, Turkey  –  A training-of-trainers programme was launched today for 13 selected facilitators coming from Turkey’s four provinces. The programme is part of the Farmer Field Schools component of an FAO project, funded by …

National Citrus Council (UNK) Chairman Kemal Kaçmaz said that in January-July period Turkey provided 336 million dollars of foreign currency income from citrus exports. Kaçmaz stated that citrus exports are at an important point in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Indicating that their exports have increased every month, Kaçmaz …