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5 June

HAYRETTİN UÇAK: PANDEMIC INCREASES THE DEMAND FOR PEACHES

Press release… Harvest enthusiasm is experienced in peach, which is accepted as the harbinger of summer and the symbol of long life and immortality. Peach and nectarine exports increased by 71 percent from 90 million dollars to 154 million dollars in 2020, when the pandemic peaked. After a 20-day delay …

5 June

DURSUN YILDIZ: INTERNATIONAL WATER BANK IS IN ITS FOUNDING STAGE

Water Policies Association President Dursun Yıldız said that the studies, started at the beginning of 2020, for the establishment of the International Water Bank (IWB) still continue. Yıldız said, “MAI Resources International, the Global Leader in Water Resources Management and Bulk Water Transport, announced that it is the largest supporter …

5 June

SUGAR PRICES TO BE FIXED FREELY WHILE BEET PRICES TO BE SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT…

The beet purchase price is agreed between the companies and the producers; Sugar sales prices will be freely determined by the companies. According to the regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the beet purchase price is agreed between the companies and the producers; Sugar sales prices will be …

5 June

‘CROW DETERRENT’ PROTECTS CROPS FROM BIRDS IN IĞDIR REGION!

With the start of the cherry harvest season in Iğdır in Eastern Anatolia, farmers are protecting their crops from crows and other bird species with a solar-powered machine they call the “crow deterrent,” (karga savar in Turkish). The mechanism works with solar energy and can be set to work on …

4 June

JUNE 5, WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY!

Press release… “Restoring ecosystems”, that is, preventing, stopping and reversing the damage inflicted on the planet’s ecosystems, trying to move from exploiting nature to healing it. This is the theme of this year’s World Environment Day, which will be celebratedon June 5. An important date that will kick off the United Nations …

4 June

BERTAN BALÇIK: COTTON INDUSTRY FEELS UNEASY ABOUT THE COMMUNIQUE OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE!

Press release… The fact that cotton exports have been put under registration with the Communiqué of the Ministry of Commerce caused uneasiness especially among the producers and traders. Although this communiqué does not mean that cotton exports will be banned or restricted in its current form, it is met with …

3 June

BİROL CELEP: RAISINS, DRIED APRICOTS AND FIGS EARNED 798 MILLION DOLLARS

Press release… Super foods with high nutritional value, of which Turkey is the world leader in production and export; seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs are approaching 1 billion dollars towards the end of the season. Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Birol Celep said that the …

3 June

FAO: GLOBAL FOOD PRICES RISE AT RAPID PACE IN MAY

Press release… FAO Food Price Index posts fastest monthly increase to reach highest value since September 2011… 03 June 2021, Rome – Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new record …

3 June

TURKEY’S HAZELNUT EXPORTS BRING 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS IN 9 MONTHS…

Country earns 1.6B dollars from hazelnut exports from last September to this May, says regional trade association… Turkey’s hazelnut exports totaled 231,595 tonnes in the first nine months of the export season, a regional trade association announced on Wednesday. The figure was down 21.1 percent from the same period in …

2 June

FORGOTTEN FOODS; FORGOTTEN BY SCIENCE BUT NOT BY FARMERS

In pursuit of productivity, the global food system has become focused on a few staple crops. This has not only left consumers with fewer choices for healthy diets, but also sidelined a wealth of nutritious and resilient food crops around the world. Indian farmers are now growing quinoa But while …