Press release… Exporting sectors, which supply their inputs with dollars and realize their exports in Euro, have been going through difficult times recently due to the negative course of the Euro/Dollar parity. The euro/dollar parity, which was at the level of 1.18 in July 2021, has been following a course …

Spanish slaughterhouses will have to install video surveillance to ensure animals are not mistreated before being killed, the government has announced, claiming a first in the EU. “This rule puts Spain at the forefront of Europe in this area and, as well as ensuring the welfare of animals during their passage through abattoirs, it …

64% of the EU territory is under warning or alert because of prolonged drought! BRUSSELS The European Commission said Tuesday it expects around 15% lower yield averages in corn, maize, and soybean as Europe experiences the worst drought in 500 years. “The current drought still appears to be the worst …

The agricultural input price index increased by 7.9 percent in July from the previous month, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Aug. 22. Fertilizer On the back of the July data, the annual increase in the cost of inputs used in the agriculture industry accelerated from 123.7 percent in June to 135 percent …

A total of 33 cargo ships carrying around 719,549 tons of foodstuffs have left Ukraine under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye to unblock Ukrainian seaports, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Türkiye monitoring the implementation of the agreement puts …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci said that being a self-sufficient country in agriculture is of great importance at the point reached today. Stressing that they see the need for seeds to be met domestically as a necessity in order to become a self-sufficient country, Kirişci stated that 911 …

Four more ships left Ukrainian ports under the July 22 Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Two ships departed from the Ukrainian port of Chernomorsk, while the others from Odessa and Yuzhny ports, the ministry said on Twitter. It added that a ship coming from …

Press release… The three-year project, “Leaving No One Behind: Greater Involvement and Empowerment of Rural Women in Türkiye and Central Asia”, aims to improve the socio-economic status of rural women by supporting inclusive agricultural and forestry policies and programmes in Türkiye, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan… 22 August 2022, Ankara – The first …

Türkiye’s aquaculture exports have increased 75 percent in the past 5 years to $1.4 billion, already exceeding the target of $1 billion previously set for 2023. Last year, the industry’s exports grew by 19 percent to 239,000 tons in volume, while revenues increased by 30 percent to $1.37 billion. Türkiye …

Flower producers in India want to cooperate with producers in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya, the country’s flower production hub, in order to increase production in their country, Srikanth Bollapally, head of Indian Florists’ Council (GFCI), said Sunday. Srikanth Bollapally Bollapally and the members of the GFCI met with …