Press release… Foça (a district of İzmir province) Municipality started to work on growing new agricultural products in the district. Some studies were carried out on the agricultural lands and islands owned by the Municipality of Foça with the technical support of Agricultural Engineer Dr. Mehmet Tutar from the Aegean …
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CAPRIFICATION PERIOD STARTS IN BEYDAĞ…
Press release… Farmers of Beydağ (a district of İzmir province) have kicked off to caprify for figs, one of the important livelihoods of the district, in order to get the product to be more qualified and productive. Fig producers started working to get quality products in the new season. Male …
Read More »“WE USED TO THROW PROPOLIS AWAY”
Stating that honey yield will increase this year compared to last year, Mustafa Ünal, the President of Niğde Beekeepers Association, said, “I estimate that we will obtain approximately 750 tons of product this year.” Indicating that bee products have great benefits for human health and strengthen the immune system, Mustafa …
Read More »BAYRAKTAR: APPLICATION PERIOD OF ÇKS SHOULD BE PROLONGED
Press release… Ankara – 18 June 2020 – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar, stating that during the combating process with Covid-19, farmers had to wait the transactions of Farmers Registry System (ÇKS) and said, “ÇKS application period should be extended which supposed to be ended by …
Read More »MORE THAN A THIRD OF FISH STOCKS ALREADY OVERFISHED!
15 JUN 2020 More than a third of the fish stocks around the world are being overfished and the problem is particularly acute in developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated. The FAO said in a biennial report that tackling the issue would require several measures …
Read More »16 MORE PESTICIDES BANNED FOR HEALTHY FOOD…
Press release… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has decided to ban 16 pesticides used to prevent disease and pests harming the product. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some of the pesticides considered as one of the most important public and environmental health problems contain “extremely dangerous”, “highly …
Read More »AGRICULTURAL LANDS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FREELY TO CITIZENS…
Emphasizing the need to increase support in returning to rural areas so as to rise food production and agricultural lands, TESK (Craftsmen and Artisans’ Confederation of Turkey) President Bendevi Palandöken said, “The importance of food products, vegetables and fruits has been understood in the early stages of the pandemic process. …
Read More »CITRUS EXPORTS TO RUSSIA INCREASED 47 PERCENT SO FAR THIS YEAR…
Exports of citrus fruits from Turkey to Russia increased 47 percent from January to May, compared with the same period last year, reaching 118 million dollars (TL 812 million), according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). A total of 197,000 tons of citrus products, including orange, lemon, grapefruit …
Read More »INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING IN EUROPE COFFEE CHAT SERIES…
The U.S. Commercial Service’s Global Advanced Manufacturing Team and Europe Team invite American exporters to join us for “virtual coffee chats” with our U.S. Embassy colleagues across Europe. These informal video discussions are through Microsoft Teams. Each session will cover the current status of the advanced manufacturing sector in the region and …
Read More »THREE CHALLENGES FOR FINNISH AGRI-FOOD SECTOR…
Finnish agriculture has a struggle with profitability, and this has been going on at least since 2007, when we happened to have domestic products, while a global undersupply on basic products, mostly grain, was a fact. One of the biggest challenges to get a better profitability should be higher prices …
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