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31 August

Worst drought in 40 years puts Brazil’s major crops at risk!

August 30, 2024 First came wildfires that scorched sugar cane fields. Now, the worst drought in more than four decades is threatening coffee and soybean crops in Brazil. Extreme drought in the Amazon From May through August, some key agriculture areas faced the driest weather since 1981, according to natural …

31 August

“There are 50 times more bonito this year!”

Sinop Central Fisheries Cooperative Union Chairperson Namık Ünlü stated that this year, they will start bonito fishing on the day they call September 1. “It looks very, very good bonito fishing. The current indications in the sea seem to be 50 times more bonito than last year,” he said. Namık …

31 August

Scientists; waste part of the cocoa plant in chocolate production is incredibly useful!

In traditional chocolate production, after the grains of the cocoa plant are removed, the rest is utilised as waste. However, research at the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology has discovered that this waste part is also incredibly useful. The beans taken to produce cocoa are prepared as cocoa and then …

30 August

EU agriculture commissioner: Who wants the hot potato?

Agriculture was a hot topic in the run-up to the European Parliament election, with parties making promises of better pay for farmers, a tougher stance on trade and less red tape on subsidies. Notably, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) crowned itself as the “farmers’ party,” and even European Commission President …

30 August

Farmers to sow by predicting 3 years ahead!

The crop production support model was renewed. Supports were announced for the first time before the planting of crops. The new model, which every producer in the Farmer Registration System (ÇKS) will benefit from, was explained in detail for the 2025-2027 period. In other words, the way has been paved …

30 August

Dr. Vahit Kirişci: Production will boost with idle agricultural land leasing

Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci, Chairman of the TBMM Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs, stated that the decision of the ministry to lease agricultural lands that have not been cultivated for 2 consecutive years will boost production. Dr. Vahit Kirişci Dr. Vahit Kirişci, Chairman of the TBMM Commission on …

29 August

Jak Eskinazi: We set an export target of 5 billion dollars to the USA

Press release… Exports to the USA increase with added value of the Turkish Tastes brand… The ‘Turkish Tastes-TURQUALITY Project on the Importance of Turkish Products in Healthy Nutrition’, supported by the Ministry of Trade with the participation of 6 food exporter associations under the roof of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations …

28 August

Women’s cooperative harvests the first chickpea crop in Hakkari…

Women who came together Türkiye’s Southeastern province of Hakkari within the Agricultural Development and Women’s Cooperative (DEMETER) in Yüksekova district harvested the first chickpea with their hands. Mustafa Akın The chickpea harvest, which was planted by the members of the cooperative on 7 decares of land in the Mamerzan region …

28 August

Barış Saylak: Muğla’s local products will be opened to world markets with a new trade model

Supported by the Türkiye’s Southwestern province of Muğla’s Governorship Investment Monitoring and Coordination Directorate (YİKOB) and the South Aegean Development Agency (GEKA), ‘Rural Development Model in Local: Muğla’ project, Muğla’s local products will be opened to world markets with a new trade model. Within the scope of the project, cooperative …

27 August

“A model based on planning should be adopted in agricultural production”

Türkiye’s leading agricultural centre of Adana’s Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture Chairperson Mehmet Akın Doğan said that in order to overcome problems such as unplanned production and climate change in agriculture, a model based on planning in agricultural production should be adopted and farmers should be encouraged to produce in accordance …