Press release… Birol Celep, Vice Chair of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) and Chair of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “We expect the crops in Turkish Grain Board (TMO) stocks to be put on the market with an affordable price policy, regardless of commercial concerns.” Indicating that TMO …

Press release… TİM and EİB discussed sectoral problems… The problems of the agriculture and industry sectors were discussed at the Aegean Region Export Evaluation Meeting hosted by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) with the participation of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) Chair İsmail Gülle and Association chairpersons. EİB’s exports reached 15 …

Press release… The International Competitiveness Improvement (UR-GE) Project for the development of fisheries exports prepared by the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) and submitted to the approval of the Ministry of Trade; It was accepted by the Ministry and included in the scope of support. There are 22 companies …

Press release… Mersin-Tarsus Agricultural Product Processing Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (TÜİOSB) is on its way to become Turkey’s digital and green OIZ in order to meet the expectations of the European Union, Turkey’s most important export market. TÜİOSB’s priority is digitalization, green transformation and sustainable production… TÜİOSB has started the …

Speaking at the tomato harvest festival, Bursa Agriculture and Forestry Director Hamit Aygül said that the farmer continued to produce despite a difficult period in the last 2 years and asked the tomato paste factories not to try to buy tomatoes cheaply. Hamit Aygül A “Tomato Harvest Festival” was organized …

Hazelnut, which grows on 5,500 decares in the Hizan district of Bitlis province and is among the important livelihoods of the region, has started to be harvested. Hazelnut harvest has started in Bitlis (an Eastern Anatolia province of Turkey). Harvest in nine villages of Hizan is done on a total …

Şeyhmus Solgun, Chairperson of the Union of Tobacco Production and Marketing Cooperatives, said that they aim to increase tobacco exports, which was 53 thousand tonnes last year, to 60 thousand tonnes this year. Tobacco harvesting in Muş Tobacco harvest has started in Muş (an Eastern Anatolian province of Turkey), which …

Nihat Çelik, Chairperson of the Turkey Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association (TÜDKİYEB), stated that they want the forest areas to be opened to sheep pasture and said, “Sheep and goats are friends and cleaners of forests. They eat all the weeds, clean the forest and protect it from fire and …

Press release… Mustafa Terci, Chairperson of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that while the demand for food products increased during the epidemic process, Turkey exported 19.5 billion dollars worth of these products in the last 1-year period. Informing that 41 percent of Turkey’s food exports …

Handheld gadgets bring vital information to small farmers to increase productivity and access markets… MOROGORO, Tanzania While spreading fertilizer, Sebastian Bukeke, 47, a small-time farmer in the village of Kiroka in Tanzania’s Morogoro region, is also using his cellphone to learn about the weather. He has been able to boost …