Press release… Veysel Memiş, Coordinating Chairman of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), announced that they had achieved exports worth 1.65 billion dollars in April. Noting that they achieved a 27 percent spike in export performance compared to the same period last year in the fourth month of the year, he …

Press release… Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association announced that between January and April 2026, 71,000 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating foreign exchange earnings of 990,967,000 dollars. When compared to the same period of the previous year, these export figures represent a 31 percent decrease in volume and …

Press release… Selçuk İskender, Chair of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), announced that exports from the Eastern Black Sea Region, comprising the provinces of Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane, amounted to 678,195,89 dollars in the January–April 2026 period. “Of the exports from our Eastern Black Sea Region in …

Press release… Agricultural heritage and tourism: A new strategy for the olive sector Manisa’s district of Akhisar hosted a significant event that will preserve the heritage of olive cultivation and shed light on its future. The “Traditional Olive Cultivation Workshop”, organised by the Directorate General for Living Heritage and Cultural …

A new climate-resilient farming model is being introduced in the Konya Plain in Central Anatolia, as authorities and academic institutions launch an EU-backed smart irrigation project aimed at improving water efficiency in one of the country’s most drought-prone agricultural regions. Dr. Sevim Seda Yamaç The project seeks to test adaptive agricultural production models in response …

Drone use in agriculture grows more than tenfold in Brazil, with performance equivalent to traditional spraying… The use of drones has been transforming Brazilian agriculture, driven by operational gains and increased efficiency in field applications. Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) show that the number of units …

Beneath the streets of Istanbul, an innovative urban agriculture project is preparing to bring pesticide-free strawberries to consumers year-round, marking a new phase in the city’s push toward sustainable food production. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry’s vertical farming center in the district of Kağıthane has launched work to cultivate strawberries 30 metres underground using …

Press release… Temperatures and drought are on the rise in the Antalya Basin: Agriculture and tourism under threat Antalya, which is set to host COP31, is heading towards a climate that will be hotter, drier and harsher by the end of the century. Scientific studies indicate that even the inland …

Press release… New FAO-WMO report assesses risks and identifies adaptation options as rising temperatures pose hazards to people, crops, livestock and fish… 22/04/2026 Rome – Extreme heat events currently threaten the livelihoods and health of over a billion people, causing half a trillion work hours to be lost annually, with the …

The agricultural sector in Türkiye has entered the new season cautiously after last year’s frost disaster, which affected 16 products across 65 of the country’s 81 provinces. Yunus Kılınç Producers are still working to repair the damage while also grappling with changing climate conditions. Early data from the field indicate …