Produced in Kahramanmaraş! Exported to Europe due to the intense demand of expatriates (Turkish workers)… “Maraş tarhana” is exported to European countries in the form of packaged crisp. Tarhana producer Samet Çiftarslan said, “The export that we started when expatriates demanded this product in Turkish markets in the countries they …

Authors İsmail Uğural

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) increased the exports to Asian and Oceania countries by 39 percent… The share of the European continent in EİB’s exports reached 54 percent… Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which reached its year-end export target of 15 billion dollars 5 months in advance with its export strategy …

Nutrition in Turkey: Consumption of red meat and seafood is low, obesity is high! Turkey is one of the European countries that consumes the least red meat and seafood. According to the compilation made by Tuğba Öztürk from Hürriyet Daily by examining the data of FAO (UN Food and Agriculture …

Authors İsmail Uğural

Dr. Mehmet Hasdemir, General Director of Plant Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that they have broken the mould in paddy. Dr. Hasdemir pointed out that they are cultivating crops with the most appropriate irrigation method while bringing water to the soil and said: “For example, we …

Mehmet Kendirlioğlu, Head of Aydın ​​Chambers of Agriculture said that last year, dried figs contributed 250 million dollars to the provincial economy. Kendirlioğlu said, “Although the yield was low this year in Aydın region, the world’s production centre, the increase in prices made the producers happy. The fig, whose price …

Mersin Commodity Exchange Chairman Abdullah Özdemir reminded that 2021 was declared the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables by FAO and said, “Our country has a great potential in the field of agriculture and food. According to FAO (2019) data, Turkey ranks fourth in world vegetable production and sixth in …

Press release… Citing the global rise in hunger, malnourishment and food insecurity, Viorel Gutu underlines the need to transform current agrifood systems to build long-term resilience… Viorel Gutu 25 October 2021, Virtual event –  On the occasion of World Food Day 2021, FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Sustainability Academy, …

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Deputy Chairperson of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’s Association (DKİB), said that they export the Turkish salmon to many countries but it is mostly exported to the Russian Federation as it is enjoyed by the Russian people and Vietnam, the second most exported country, processes the product into …