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TURKEY UNITES IN FIGHT AGAINST MULTIPLE FOREST FIRES!

Turkey has mobilized and united in efforts to fight against wildfires that have wreaked havoc on swathes of the country’s south and Aegean region, as the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said 107 of 112 fires have been brought under control as of early Aug. 1. People across the country are sending …

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DR. MURAT ÇAKMAKLI: KARAGÜL UNIQUE TO HALFETİ BEGINS TO BLOOM

Karagül (Black rose) started to be grown in greenhouses established in Halfeti in 2018 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. Murat Çakmaklı The unique “Karagül” of Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa province which is grown only in this region, gave its first fruits. Cologne was started to be manufactured …

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GENOME EDITING FOR FOOD: HOW DO PEOPLE REACT?

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the University of British Columbia (Canada) has investigated how people in five different countries react to various usages of genome editing in agriculture. The researchers looked at which uses are accepted and how the risks and benefits of the new breeding …

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