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13 October

GREEN DEAL PROBABLY LEADS TO LOWER AGRICULTURAL YIELDS!

By 2030, the European Commission wants to halve the use of pesticides in agriculture. The use of fertilizer should be reduced according to Europe’s plans. The measures are intended to combat climate change and the loss of biodiversity. A probable consequence, however, is that the yields of agricultural crops will …

13 October

FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXPORTS TO REACH 1.1 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE AEGEAN!

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairperson Hayrettin Uçak announced the current developments in the fresh fruit, vegetable and fruit and vegetable products sector and his evaluations on the export figures for the January – September period at the press conference he held in Seferihisar. Aegean Region …

13 October

IFAD HOSTS A WORKSHOP WITH 50 PARTICIPANTS IN İSTANBUL…

Press Release International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) NEN Division has its first Regional M&E Workshop Series in Istanbul: Happening now! The Near East, North Africa and Central Asia Division (NEN) is launching its first Regional M&E Workshop Series for its ongoing IFAD-funded projects in the region. The IFAD Multi-Country …

12 October

DRIED FIG EXPORTS EXCEED 72 THOUSAND TONNES!

Press release… Turkey left behind a successful export season in dried figs. While Turkey exported 72 thousand 145 tonnes of dried figs in the 2020/21 season, it provided a foreign exchange income of 256 million 915 thousand dollars. Dried figs gained 110 dollars per tonne… Realizing 60 percent of the …

12 October

‘BIGGEST TEA GLASS’ IN THE CAPITAL OF TURKISH TEA!

Local authorities have applied to the Guinness World Records to get a seven-floor building in the shape of a tea glass in the Black Sea province of Rize, known as “the capital of Turkish tea,” to be registered as the “the biggest tea glass.” “It will be a source of pride for us to get …

11 October

İBRAHİM AFYON: EGG PRICES SHOULD BE 1 LIRA AT PRODUCER

Recently, there have been price increases in many main food products. Rising prices in every product, from fruit and vegetables to meat and dairy products, are the first item on the consumer’s agenda. Another product that has attracted attention in recent days is Egg… The unit price of the egg …

10 October

İSMAİL ÖZER: COTTON PRICES SEEM HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

İsmail Özer, Chaiperson of Söke (a district of Aydın province) TARİŞ Cotton Cooperative, the largest agricultural sales cooperative in Turkey and the Aegean Region, stated that the cotton producer is experiencing its golden years with the announced prices. Indicated that cotton, which is a strategic crop due to its high …

10 October

FOREST FIRES IN MUĞLA PUT WORLD PINE HONEY SUPPLIES INTO DANGER!

Beekeepers Mustafa Altı and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic region of Turkey that makes most of the world’s prized pine honey. Now the Altıs and generations of other honey farmers in Turkey’s Aegean province of Muğla are looking to …

9 October

NİĞDE PROVINCE RANKS THIRD IN APPLE PRODUCTION!

Apple production in Niğde province, one of Turkey’s most important apple production centres, has increased by 25 percent in the last 5 years. Apple, whose harvest continues, is expected to yield approximately 500 thousand tonnes from 230 thousand decares this year. Governor Yılmaz Şimşek In the province, which ranks third …

9 October

HAZELNUT ORCHARDS TO BE RENEWED IN SAMSUN SO AS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY…

According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), in Samsun, which is the second province with the most shelled hazelnut production with 123 thousand 555 tonnes in 2020, it is aimed to increase the yield thanks to the renewal of the old hazelnut orchards. Within the scope of …