Talks are underway to find ways to help farmers pay their bills for the electricity they use for irrigation purposes to prevent a possible disruption to agricultural production. Besides the electricity bills of farmers, authorities are working to address the issues such as subsiding agricultural inputs and rising prices. The talks on …

Stating that registered products are sold at an average price of 2.1 times higher than unregistered ones in the European Union, İzmir Commodity Exchange Chairwoman Işınsu Kestelli said, “Turkiye exported 25 billion dollars of agricultural products in 2021. However, if we can evaluate our potential in the field of geographical …

FAO Director-General participates in high-level international conference in Azerbaijan – Vision for the future: transition to digital agriculture Digital agriculture has great potential to foster the transformation of agrifood systems and  promote rural development, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), emphasized at …

Countries move to ban or limit exports of food products, including wheat, oil, sugar… ISTANBUL Countries around the world have been taking protectionist measures as fears of a global food inflation crisis rise. This has propelled food prices to record levels, with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food …

Turkiye’s producer price index for agricultural products (Agriculture-PPI) increased by 17.76% in April from the month before, according to official data Tuesday. Year-over-year, the index surged 118.53%, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said. On the sectoral basis, a 0.12% increase was seen in fish and other fishery products compared to …

Agricultural commodity prices increase amid Russia-Ukraine war, unfavorable weather conditions… The selling pressure in the commodity market continued for weeks, amid geopolitical risk and Fed’s “hawkish” policies. Wheat Although the commodity market was dominated by geopolitical risks and rallies in March, the fact that the world’s leading central banks, especially …

Minister Kirişci: 1.7 billion flowers are produced in Turkey Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci, said, “1.7 billion flowers are produced in Turkiye. Our export in return for this production has increased to 121 million dollars by 2021.” Minister Kirişci continued as follows: “Our export in return …

According to the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkiye (TGDF) Digital Data Panel prepared by Agrimetre, based on the Foreign Trade Data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute, in the first 3 months of 2022, the agriculture, food and beverage industry realized exports of 6.4 billion dollars …

“We cannot play with human health just because people make a living from street milk” Noting that 95 percent of the milk produced in the European dairy industry is delivered to the consumer in a hygienic and packaged form, İsa Coşkun, Chairperson of Turkiye Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers’ …

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has dismissed claims in some media outlets suggesting that Turkiye is importing wheat from India. “Turkiye is self-sufficient and one of the top 10 countries in the world in agriculture production. It easily meets food demand from its growing population, thanks to its strong agriculture infrastructure,” the ministry said in …