With the start of the cherry harvest season in Iğdır in Eastern Anatolia, farmers are protecting their crops from crows and other bird species with a solar-powered machine they call the “crow deterrent,” (karga savar in Turkish). The mechanism works with solar energy and can be set to work on …

Press release… “Restoring ecosystems”, that is, preventing, stopping and reversing the damage inflicted on the planet’s ecosystems, trying to move from exploiting nature to healing it.  This is the theme of this year’s World Environment Day, which will be celebratedon June 5. An important date that will kick off the United Nations …

Press release… The fact that cotton exports have been put under registration with the Communiqué of the Ministry of Commerce caused uneasiness especially among the producers and traders. Although this communiqué does not mean that cotton exports will be banned or restricted in its current form, it is met with …

Press release… Super foods with high nutritional value, of which Turkey is the world leader in production and export; seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs are approaching 1 billion dollars towards the end of the season. Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Birol Celep said that the …

Press release… FAO Food Price Index posts fastest monthly increase to reach highest value since September 2011… 03 June 2021, Rome – Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new record …

Country earns 1.6B dollars from hazelnut exports from last September to this May, says regional trade association… Turkey’s hazelnut exports totaled 231,595 tonnes in the first nine months of the export season, a regional trade association announced on Wednesday. The figure was down 21.1 percent from the same period in …

In pursuit of productivity, the global food system has become focused on a few staple crops. This has not only left consumers with fewer choices for healthy diets, but also sidelined a wealth of nutritious and resilient food crops around the world. Indian farmers are now growing quinoa But while …

Producers and exporters in Turkey welcomed Russia’s decision on Tuesday to raise the upper limit for tomato imports from Turkey. The fresh fruit and vegetable sector, which holds a large share in contributing to Turkey’s national economy, applauded the news that the Russian Ministry of Agriculture had decided to increase …

Press release… According to the data compiled from the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), Turkey’s pickle exports in 2020 increased by 23 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 277 million from 225 million dollars. This figure has been recorded as the highest pickle export figure in the history of the …

Warning from Konya producers: Agricultural mobilization should be started Due to the lack of precipitation in the Konya Plain, the province known as Turkey’s granary, drought is showing its effect. Noting that no one has the right to waste even a drop of water, Meram District Chamber of Agriculture President …