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 …

Press release… During the pandemic, where every sector was negatively affected and the economy came to a standstill, Ünlü Ziraat invested 30 million TL. Ünlü Ziraat, which started its activities in Manisa province in 1971 and produces an average of 30 thousand agricultural tools per year, especially the plow, took …

Turkey’s Denizli province is one of the most important production centres in sunflower seeds, the farmers began to harvest in a rush. Quality and price made the producers smile in the province where 20 thousand tons of harvest is expected. Sunflower harvest of the ‘İnegöl Alası’ type has started in …

Press release… Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), said that The Green Deal gives the same message as EIB’s Sustainability Manifesto. Eskinazi said, “Fighting climate change and making Europe climate-neutral by 2050 is one of the main priorities of the European Commission. In support of this priority, the Commission …

Since the ban on fishing in the seas will be lifted as of September 1, it is important for the fishermen who make their final preparations to comply with the prohibitions on fish length, time, location and species during fishing. Fishermen are making their final preparations days before the ban …

Ali Rıza Türker, Chairman of Tariş Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, in his written statement, said that the 12,5 TL purchase price announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli for grape number 9 has been welcomed by the grape producers of Tariş and production region. Stating …

Turkey, reaching an all-time seasonal record, exported 337 thousand tons of hazelnuts. In return for this export, 2.2 billion dollars input was provided to the country’s economy. According to the data obtained from the Black Sea Hazelnut Exporters’ Association, the export figures made in the 2019-2020 hazelnut season reached the …