Turkey wasting 15 percent of national income… A report, released recently, pointed out that Turkey had wasted about 15 percent of the national income, according to its data for 2018 it amounted to 555 billion liras. This calculation was made both from the main sources of waste such as food, …
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DUTCH QUINOA GROUP SETTING UP A LOCAL VALUE CHAIN FROM SCRATCH…
Farmers in South-America have been growing quinoa for thousands of years. In the Netherlands the crop is cultivated on a commercial scale only since April 2014. Since it is such a new crop, Dutch Quinoa Group could set up a local value chain from scratch. Therefore, it is sustainable in …
Read More »FİSKOBİRLİK TO BE ON THE MARKET AS PURCHASING ALL THE PRODUCT…
Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Association (FİSKOBİRLİK) Chairman of the Board of Directors Lütfi Bayraktar said that FİSKOBİRLİK as of Monday August 19, will be entering the market in all regions and will begin purchases. Bayraktar, in a statement, said that they have completed all preparations for the purchase of new …
Read More »AVOCADO PRODUCTION INCREASES IN ALANYA REGION ALONG WITH EXPORTS…
This year 50 million units of avocados are targeted in around 40 000 hectars in Antalya’s Alanya county where about 80 percent of the production provided in Turkey. Avocado started harvesting in the region and is expected to be exported to countries such as Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Iran. …
Read More »TİKA SUPPORTS BEEKEEPING IN ALBANIA AS NEW FACILITIES ON THE WAY…
TİKA supports beekeeping in Albania… 400 hives were distributed to beekeepers in Debre, western Albania, by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). TİKA Tirana Coordinator Necip Özay Özütok, Debre Governor Necbedin Sheu and Debre Beekeepers Association attended the ceremony for the distribution of beehives. Özütok, in his speech here, …
Read More »INITIATIVES REDEFINING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST…
Greetings from Mexico City! This week, Food Tank is celebrating initiatives redefining food and agriculture around the world. While new challenges from population density, urbanization, conflict, and climate change transform food systems, we’re scanning the globe for stories of hope and perseverance. In the Middle East, the region once rich …
Read More »12 BILLION LIRAS TO BE PAID TO SACRIFICIALS DURING THE FEAST OF QURBAN…
Şemsi Bayraktar announced the sacrificial prices… Turkey Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar held a press conference yesterday. Bayraktar said: “This year, we estimate that 3 million 600 thousand animals will be slaughtered, approximately 900 thousand bovine and 2.7 million ovine. We also estimate that the amount …
Read More »HAZELNUT SHELLS TURN INTO ACTIVATED CARBON IN ORDU PROVINCE…
In the provinces where hazelnuts are produced in the Eastern Black Sea Region, the button was pressed for the production of coal from hazelnut shells used as local fuel. Mayor of Ordu Metropolitan Municipality Mehmet Hilmi Güler started feasibility studies for the production of activated carbon from coal. Güler instructed …
Read More »HAZELNUT EXPORTS HIT 262 000 TONS, BRING IN 1.54 BILLION DOLLARS…
Turkey’s hazelnut exports hit nearly 262,000 tons from last September to this July, a regional trade union announced on Friday. The Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Union reported that Turkey earned 1.54 billion dollars from hazelnut exports during the first 11 months of the season. With nearly 75.3 percent …
Read More »Fruit and vegetable exporters claim 25 percent share from far east…
Exporters of fruit and vegetable products will focus on Far East market with URGE Project… With URGE (Product development) Project, they will make Far Easterners love Turkish tastes and delicasies… Fruit and vegetable products sector which exports 1.6 billion dollars annually by processing surplus supply of fresh fruits and vegetables …
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