This is a summary of the report prepared by Chamber of Agricultural Engineers (ZMO) just before the Feast of Qurban in Turkey… · Officially in Turkey’s history, firstly in 2010 and then 2011, 2017 and 2018 sacrificials were imported. · In 2018, 866 thousand cattle and 2 million 682 thousand …

An international cotton festival will be organized in Şanlıurfa… Advisory board meeting was held for the cotton festival planned to be organized in Akçakale county of Şanlıurfa province. Deputy Governor Ufuk Akıl chaired the meeting and exchanged information about the planned festival. Akıl, after the meeting, said that they made …

Rize Commodity Exchange (RTB) Chairman Mehmet Erdoğan said that tea lovingly consumed in Turkey where the most consumption per capita in the world… Stating that tea consumption has increased in Turkey, Erdoğan also noted, “There is a stock of around 70 thousand tons in the store of ÇAYKUR transferred from …

The global tea industry has been registering tremendous growth. The overall increase in domestic consumption has been driven by demographic growth, faster urbanization and rising incomes and standard of living in the emerging and developing economies. Persistence Market Research (PMR) expects the global market to expand at 5 percent at …

Turkey wasting 15 percent of national income… A report, released recently, pointed out that Turkey had wasted about 15 percent of the national income, according to its data for 2018 it amounted to 555 billion liras. This calculation was made both from the main sources of waste such as food, …

Farmers in South-America have been growing quinoa for thousands of years. In the Netherlands the crop is cultivated on a commercial scale only since April 2014. Since it is such a new crop, Dutch Quinoa Group could set up a local value chain from scratch. Therefore, it is sustainable in …

Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Association (FİSKOBİRLİK) Chairman of the Board of Directors Lütfi Bayraktar said that FİSKOBİRLİK as of Monday August 19, will be entering the market in all regions and will begin purchases. Bayraktar, in a statement, said that they have completed all preparations for the purchase of new …

This year 50 million units of avocados are targeted in around 40 000 hectars in Antalya’s Alanya county where about 80 percent of the production provided in Turkey. Avocado started harvesting in the region and is expected to be exported to countries such as Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Iran. …

TİKA supports beekeeping in Albania… 400 hives were distributed to beekeepers in Debre, western Albania, by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). TİKA Tirana Coordinator Necip Özay Özütok, Debre Governor Necbedin Sheu and Debre Beekeepers Association attended the ceremony for the distribution of beehives. Özütok, in his speech here, …

Greetings from Mexico City! This week, Food Tank is celebrating initiatives redefining food and agriculture around the world. While new challenges from population density, urbanization, conflict, and climate change transform food systems, we’re scanning the globe for stories of hope and perseverance. In the Middle East, the region once rich …