Press release… Turkish food exporters participated in China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2020, which was held for the 3rd time this year in the People’s Republic of China, one of their biggest target markets, where they exported 226 million dollars with a 63 percent increase in exports in 2019 and …

Coffee will not come from Yemen, but from BATEM! The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, which accelerates domestic and national coffee production activities, aims to create a brand with the slogan “Coffee comes from BATEM”. The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), situated in Antalya province, which has accelerated its …

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of …

Press release… Turkey has made a successful entry into dried apricots 2020-21 season. In the first quarter of the 2020-21 season, Turkey’s dried apricot exports dropped by 13.47 percent on the amount basis, but showed a 8.3 percent increase in foreign exchange basis. The first quarter of the 2020/21 season …

Kiwi, whose production has been widespread every year in Ordu province, known as a land of hazelnuts in Black Sea region, is offered for sale on its branch and provides significant income to farmers. After the Ordu kiwi, which was also registered as a geographical indication by the Turkish Patent …

Denmark’s Ambassador to Ankara Danny Annan, in a webinar, said that they are ready to cooperate with Turkey regarding their experience on food sustainability. A call has been made to Turkey to cooperate in the fight against food waste while wastage discussions flaring up along with the pandemic process. Denmark’s …

Press release… Year-end target for tomato product group is 650 million dollars whilefresh tomato exports exceed 250 million dollars. Tomato product group exports, in January-October 2020 period, reached 496 million dollars. The prominent countries in fresh tomato market, which surpassed 252 million dollars, were Romania and Ukraine which have experienced …

Food inflation was 16 percent while fruit and vegetable prices increased by 20 percent in October… According to October inflation data announced by TURKSTAT, the annual food inflation was 16.51 percent. While there was a raise of 7.54 percent on a monthly basis in fresh fruit and vegetables, this rate …

Within the scope of the goals included in the Presidential Annual Programme, division of agricultural lands through inheritance and sales will be prevented, financial support will be provided to the heirs in land acquisition. In order to prevent the division of agricultural lands through inheritance and sale, financial support will …

While the olive harvest and olive oil production continues rapidly in the Edremit Bay of Balıkesir province, Dr. Mücahit Kıvrak, Balıkesir University Edremit Vocational High School lecturer, said, “There is no olive oil for 85 liras in a 5 kg-tin can.” Indicating that the adulteration (counterfeiting) incidents put the sector …