Press release… International quotations for sugar, vegetable oils and coarse grains increased from July, while worldwide cereal harvests remain on course to hit annual record… 3 September 2020, Rome – Global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in August, influenced by generally firmer demand and a weaker U.S. dollar, …

Turkey provided 1 million 189 thousand dollars of foreign exchange from black cumin by exporting 50 countries in 2019. With this performance, an all-time record was broken in black cumin exports. Black cumin exports in 7 months of the year increased by 219 percent compared to the same period of …

The interest in Turkish fruit juices continues to increase day by day. Turkish companies’ exports to the world are also increasing. Oğuz Gıda, one of the beverage producers, announced that they export to 103 countries on all continents. Drawing attention to the fact that 15 percent of their total production …

Press release… Polat Makina (Machinery) became one of the top 10 companies supported. Operating under Polat Group Holding, Polat Makina San. ve Tic. AŞ. (Polat Machinery Inc.) took its place among the first 10 projects supported in Turkey with the production with its supercritical fluid extraction and centrifuge system, within …

Press release… Ankara – August 31, 2020 Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar, declaring the ban on hunting at sea will end tonight, said, “Tonight our fishermen, by saying ‘heave Bismillah’, they will sail. I wish all our fishermen a prosperous season with plenty of products.” Bayraktar …

Migratory beekeepers, who harvest flower honey in different regions in spring, now harvest pine honey in forested areas across Muğla province, which has a rich flora and fauna in terms of biodiversity, as well as increasing the bee population. Migratory beekeepers came to Muğla region where 80 percent of pine …

Bonito is expected to be abundant in the seas this year… Ramazan Özkaya, Chairman of the Central Union of Fisheries Cooperatives, stated that the fishermen are ready for the new season and said, “This year there will be plenty of bonito, the Turkish people will be full up with bonitos. …

Press release… Celep: We are a market maker, a country that dominates the market Birol Celep, Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that last year, raisins were exported around 2 thousand 50 dollars per tonne and this year the yield is around 270 thousand tons …

Press release… Aegean grape producers and exporters came together in Manisa where 20 percent of table grapes and 85 percent of raisins supplied. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli attended the opening ceremony of the 2020-2021 season of Manisa Commodity Exchange’s “Manisa Sultani Seedless Grape” via teleconference from Giresun, …

Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture, Head of Fisheries Engineering Department Professor Dr. Mine Kırkağaç said that fisheries and aquaculture production in Turkey is 836 thousand 168 tons according to data of 2019 and 55,36 percent of this amount obtained by hunting. Dr. Kırkağaç said, “Although the decrease of approximately 12 …