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26 November

“BODRUM TO DIVERSIFY TOURISM BY INTEGRATING TOURISM AND AGRICULTURE”

Turkey’s famous resort city of Bodrum, located in the Aegean province of Muğla, is working to attract a million more foreign visitors through agritourism, its mayor said. Agriculture is an essential field for Bodrum, said Ahmet Aras, who is also the head of Bodrum Promotion Foundation (BOTAV), in an interview …

26 November

TÜRKTRAKTÖR MANUFACTURES ITS 1 MILLIONTH TRACTOR BODY…

Ankara… One of Turkey’s leading tractor makers on Tuesday announced that it had manufactured its 1 millionth tractor body. Domestic production is among TürkTraktör’s top priorities, the company’s assistant general manager for production, Nebi Doğan Özdöngül, said in a statement. Underlining that TürkTraktör manufactured and exported its own engines, Özdöngül …

26 November

TURKEY’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS REACH 18 BILLION DOLLARS…

Turkey’s agriculture-based exports have increased by 6.3% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, a senior official said Tuesday. “We have seen the advantages of the strong infrastructure we created in agriculture during the pandemic period,” said Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli in a written statement. Citing the …

25 November

TARGET SET FOR TANGERINE EXPORTS IS 400 MILLION DOLLARS…

Press release… Satsuma has become the most preferred tangerine with an export of 52 million dollars. During the pandemic period, the world rushed into the Turkish tangerine. Turkey obtained 110 million dollars from tangerine exports in a month in 2020 with a 12 percent increase. Tangerine which is an antidote …

25 November

DR. NAZIM ŞEKEROĞLU: STUDIES ON ‘KİLİS OLIVE OIL’ START TO BEAR FRUIT

Kilis Olive Research and Development Association (KİZADER) President and 7 Aralık (December) University Faculty of Agriculture Dean Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that the studies on “Kilis Olive Oil” started to bear fruit and that the prices of olive oil doubled. Şekeroğlu stated that the producer’s face laughed and said, …

24 November

THE FOURCE VIRTUAL FOOD EXHIBITION OPENS ITS DOORS TO VISITORS…

Press release… The Fource brings the world food industry together… Organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, The Fource opened its virtual doors to its visitors. All players of the world food industry will come together on The Fource platform, where 53 Turkish food companies open stands. The Fource virtual food …

24 November

“AYVALIK OLIVE OIL BRAND EXPLOITED AND MISUSED BY SOME COMPANIES!”

Press release… With the start of the new harvest period, Ayvalık Municipality began to file a criminal complaint about some companies after the increase of adulterous and imitative companies using the name of Ayvalık (a district of Balıkesir province). Ayvalık Mayor Mesut Ergin said that they will continue to be …

24 November

DISTRICO ANATOLIA INTRODUCES ITS FLAGSHIP BRAND ‘HAPPY BANANAS’ TO TURKEY…

Ankara… Smart agriculture investor Pioneering Ventures establishes subsidiary to enter Turkish market… Pioneering Ventures, a Swiss-Indian food and technology platform company, is entering Turkish market with its subsidiary DistriCo Anatolia. Adopting technology-based agriculture such as hydroponic farming and smart greenhouses, the company’s newly-established affiliate DistriCo Anatolia will introduce its flagship …

24 November

“BREED CALIFORNIAN WORMS ONLY WORKING AN HOUR A DAY”

An agricultural engineer in the eastern province of Şırnak has advised the unemployed people to breed Californian worms, telling that he produces three tones of worm fertilizer a month by only working an hour a day. “Breeding worms and making worm fertilizer is an effortless job,” said Abdulmutalip Kocaman. Worm fertilizer helps considerably in …

23 November

DR. AHMET YILMAZ: SUPPORTS TO CERTIFIED SEED PRODUCERS MAKE NO PROGRESS SO FAR

Turkish Sub-Union of Seed Industrialists and Producers (TSÜAB) Chairman of the Board Dr. Ahmet Yılmaz, in his written statement, said that the studies of TSÜAB and the Sector Stakeholders on Certified Seed Usage Supports yielded positive results. Dr. Yılmaz said, “But we expect improvements in the Certified Seed Production supports …