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 …

Tomatoes produced in thermal greenhouses in Çaldıran district of Van province are sent to Antalya by lorries. Mehmet Emin Bilmez, the Governor of Van and the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who visited the greenhouses, said that it is very important to send tomatoes from Van to Antalya and …