Farmers in South-America have been growing quinoa for thousands of years. In the Netherlands the crop is cultivated on a commercial scale only since April 2014. Since it is such a new crop, Dutch Quinoa Group could set up a local value chain from scratch. Therefore, it is sustainable in …

Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Association (FİSKOBİRLİK) Chairman of the Board of Directors Lütfi Bayraktar said that FİSKOBİRLİK as of Monday August 19, will be entering the market in all regions and will begin purchases. Bayraktar, in a statement, said that they have completed all preparations for the purchase of new …

This year 50 million units of avocados are targeted in around 40 000 hectars in Antalya’s Alanya county where about 80 percent of the production provided in Turkey. Avocado started harvesting in the region and is expected to be exported to countries such as Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Iran. …