THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
Ankara University Veterinary Faculty Dean Professor Dr. Ender Yarsan reported that the amount of honey production in 2023 is 114 thousand 886 tonnes. Dr. Ender Yarsan said that Türkiye has the largest flora in Europe with more than 10 thousand flowering plant species. Dr. Ender Yarsan “Approximately 3 thousand of …
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11 June
Türkiye at the top in the export of 5 agrifood products!
İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, reported that Türkiye, with 23.9 million hectares of cultivated agricultural land, continues to be the first agricultural country in Europe in terms of agricultural output by exporting as well as meeting the food needs of the country’s population exceeding 85 million and tourists …
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11 June
Anchovy takes the lead in fishing in the Turkish seas!
Anchovy has taken the top spot in fishing in the Turkish seas with 1,632,361 tons caught in the last 10 years, followed by sprat, sardine, bonito, horse mackerel and bluefish, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has announced. Anchovy In addition to the catch of anchovies, the past decade showed 372,723 tons of sprat, …
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11 June
Wheat remains close to 5-week low as Türkiye’s import ban weighs…
Chicago wheat fell again Monday, remaining close to Friday’s five-week lows, as Türkiye’s ban on imports triggered worries about reduced demand and intensified competition with Black Sea supplies in export markets. Corn rose after Friday’s losses, while soybeans fell. The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) most-active wheat Wv1 fell 0.4% …
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10 June
UK bans live animal exports!
The UK became the first country to impose a ban on live animal exports through the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act. June, 2024… A new ban on live animal exports has come into force in the UK with the Royal Assent of the Animal Welfare (Live Animal Exports) Act, …
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10 June
Mehmet Ali Işık: Exports of magnificent trio of Turkish dried fruits surpass 1 billion dollars!
Press release… In the 2023/24 season, exports of seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, in which Türkiye is the world leader in production and exports, soared by 8 percent from 933 million dollars to 1 billion 7 million dollars and the 1 billion dollar threshold was exceeded. Mehmet Ali …
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10 June
Aykut Göymen: Pasta production will be made entirely with domestic wheat
The foreign dependency of the Turkish pasta sector in production has ended thanks to the high yield of durum wheat in recent years. Aykut Göymen, Head of Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD), said that around 4 million 300 thousand tonnes of durum wheat was harvested last year. Göymen stated that …
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10 June
Mehmet Cirav: Early estimates of hazelnut yield are not realistic
Press release… Mehmet Cirav, Chairman of the Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector Committee of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that they did not find the estimates of the new season hazelnut yield, which started to be discussed in the markets, realistic. Mehmet Cirav “Because no one has …
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9 June
Nafiz Koçak: We meet 65 percent of the world’s rose oil production
Gülbirlik (Rose and Rose Oil Agriculture Sales Cooperatives Union) Deputy General Manager Nafiz Koçak said that in Türkiye’s rose production centre of Isparta, which meets 65 percent of the world rose oil production, the price of rose oil has exceeded 12 thousand euros per litre. Nafiz Koçak “Although the yield …
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9 June
Zeliha Öztürk: We have no problems with added value in ovine breeding
LOCAL BREEDS ARE NUMBER ONE IN PRODUCTION: ‘AS LONG AS THEY ARE PRODUCED’ Zeliha Öztürk, Chairwoman of the Antalya Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association, said that they have no problems with added value in ovine breeding. Zeliha Öztürk Stating that the biggest problem in animal husbandry is the need for …
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