Press release… Turkish raisin sector, ranking the first in the world, demand a sustained cooperation with Turkish Grain Board (TMO) as they did in the last 3 three years. The Raisin Board, operating under the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, came together to determine the road map of …

Kayseri Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Şahin said that Turkey as one of the leading egg exporting countries takes third place in the world by 2019. Mustafa Şahin stated, “In the last nine years, egg exports climbed to 4.5 million units from 195 million units and the share …

Happy Soil Festival, Which Is Forgotten… According to the Soil Feast Law No. 4760 published in 1945, the first Sunday following June 11 is celebrated every year as the “Soil Feast”. Unfortunately, the agenda of the world as well as our country is so intense that the day of the …

Press release… Foça (a district of İzmir province) Municipality started to work on growing new agricultural products in the district. Some studies were carried out on the agricultural lands and islands owned by the Municipality of Foça with the technical support of Agricultural Engineer Dr. Mehmet Tutar from the Aegean …

Press release… Farmers of Beydağ (a district of İzmir province) have kicked off to caprify for figs, one of the important livelihoods of the district, in order to get the product to be more qualified and productive. Fig producers started working to get quality products in the new season. Male …

Stating that honey yield will increase this year compared to last year, Mustafa Ünal, the President of Niğde Beekeepers Association, said, “I estimate that we will obtain approximately 750 tons of product this year.” Indicating that bee products have great benefits for human health and strengthen the immune system, Mustafa …

Press release… Ankara – 18 June 2020 – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar, stating that during the combating process with Covid-19, farmers had to wait the transactions of Farmers Registry System (ÇKS) and said, “ÇKS application period should be extended which supposed to be ended by …

15 JUN 2020 More than a third of the fish stocks around the world are being overfished and the problem is particularly acute in developing countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated. The FAO said in a biennial report that tackling the issue would require several measures …

Press release… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has decided to ban 16 pesticides used to prevent disease and pests harming the product. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some of the pesticides considered as one of the most important public and environmental health problems contain “extremely dangerous”, “highly …

Emphasizing the need to increase support in returning to rural areas so as to rise food production and agricultural lands, TESK (Craftsmen and Artisans’ Confederation of Turkey) President Bendevi Palandöken said, “The importance of food products, vegetables and fruits has been understood in the early stages of the pandemic process. …