USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure seed companies and other input suppliers are not using their market power and current conditions to raise prices unfairly. “It’s important for us to ask questions about whether all of these increases, every penny of these increases, is …

Press release… Meeting highlights collaboration in the field of cooperatives… Ariel Guarco 23 February 2022, Ankara – A meeting was held yesterday with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) to enhance collaboration in the field of cooperatives within the scope of a project entitled “Building the Resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and …

Press release… The recycling industry is becoming a sector that all developed countries support with public power and the rate of compulsory use in production is increasing. Berat Güzelel Berat Güzelel, General Manager of Batı Polimer, which is among the biggest raw material suppliers of the Turkish plastics industry, pointed …

Country’s first climate council shows it takes climate change seriously, says UN envoy in Turkiye… KONYA, Turkiye… Turkiye’s efforts toward green development will be of great benefit not only to the country but, of course, the region and globally as well, said UN Resident Coordinator in Turkiye Alvaro Rodriguez on …

The scope of grant support in agricultural irrigation has expanded… Solar energy and smart irrigation systems in individual irrigation were included in the grant support. The Communiqué on Supporting Individual Irrigation Systems within the Scope of Rural Development Supports has been updated with the communiqué published in today’s issue of …

Girgin: Honey producers cannot find sugar Republican People’s Party (CHP) Muğla Deputy Süleyman Girgin stated that honey producers in Muğla province have problems in supplying sugar from Turkish Sugar Factories (TÜRKŞEKER) and brought the issue to the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye (TBMM). CHP Muğla Deputy Süleyman …

Derya Yanık, Minister of Family and Social Services, stated that they have been carrying out various activities since 2012 in order to raise awareness within the scope of women’s cooperatives and to encourage cooperatives for women. Derya Yanık Yanık said, “We reached 39 thousand people in total with 810 workshops, …

Press release… The fresh fruit and vegetable sector faced bans due to pesticides in exports to the Russian Federation, where it realized 1 billion 13 million dollars of its export of 3 billion 82 million dollars in 2021. The Russian Federation has banned the import of grapes, oranges, grapefruit, peppers …

Press release… Cengiz Balık: Russia is the export leader in products other than cherries Pointing out that the Russian Federation is the leading market in the export of fresh fruits and vegetables from Turkey, excluding cherries, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Vice President Cengiz Balık said that the …