Iran’s agriculture ministry says it is encouraging the use of drones on farms across the country through offering cheap loans to farmers and launching information campaigns to boost the application of the technology.Kambiz Abbasi, Head of the ministry’s Agriculture Mechanization Expansion Center, said on Tuesday that demand and use of …

Press release… Growtech 20th International Greenhouse, Agricultural Technology and Livestock Equipment Fair hosted international agriculture professionals after a two-year break at Antalya Anfaş Expo Center on 24-27 November 2021. 510 companies from 25 countries exhibited and 53 thousand 640 people from 25 countries visited the exhibition. The number of visitors …

Hatay Metropolitan Municipality brought together experts in the field of gastronomy and important chefs to introduce the city’s food culture to the world. Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Lütfü Savaş said, “Hatay is a city where different cultures have lived together for centuries. Where the first agriculture started. Right in the …

Press release… FAO and the Antalya Agriculture Council place the 2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) under the spotlight… The event emphasized the importance of the fruit and vegetable sector for human health and rural economies… 14 December 2021, Virtual event  – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …

Press release… Nejdat Sin, Chair Coordinator of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB) and Chairperson of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Turkey exported 367.9 million dollars of fresh fruit and vegetables in November and they achieved remarkable increases in the Libyan and Indian markets. Emphasizing that …

By Guy Shone & Laila Humairah  •  Updated: 09/12/2021 Who doesn’t love chocolate? Lots of us find it hard to resist, which means we are contributing to the more than seven million metric tonnes consumed worldwide every year. All that desire to eat the sweet treat has made the chocolate industry worth over 124 …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that they achieved an export of 160.2 million dollars in November by increasing 44 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the increases in freight …

Gülle: The exports of our industry reached 270 million dollars İsmail Gülle, Chair of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) said that 235,000 tonnes of olive oil harvest is expected for the 2021/22 season. İsmail Gülle Gülle said, “There is an increase of 32 percent in this field compared to last …

Executives of seven women’s cooperatives in the Black Sea province of Giresun have attended a five-day entrepreneurship course with support from the governor’s office and a German foundation. “These kind of trainings are vital for the women cooperatives, which have been growing in number in recent years, in order to …