THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
Wheat prices rose dramatically to over $300 on Thursday after Russia officially launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. Futures contracts for March in the United States market for the price of wheat per ton reached around $308, up from $280 on Wednesday. With the intervention, …
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February, 2022
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24 February
MUSTAFA ÖZEN: SMART AGRICULTURE ERA BEGINS IN IZMIR PROVINCE
Press release… İzmir Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry is signing off on a project that will be the first of its kind in Turkiye. Thanks to the project launched, the numbers of insects that cause damage in agricultural areas will be made by the stations established in the orchards …
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24 February
BANANA AND STRAWBERRY HARVEST BEGINS IN HATAY PROVINCE…
The Harvest Festival of the greenhouses occupying 19,000 square meters (204,515 square feet) of land in Turkiye’s southern border province Hatay’s Reyhanlı district was held Tuesday with the participation of Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) Chairperson Kerem Kınık, as he said that Turkiye has been providing social product support, protection and …
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24 February
USDA SECRETARY TOM VILSACK ASKS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE CROP INPUT PRICES!
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure seed companies and other input suppliers are not using their market power and current conditions to raise prices unfairly. “It’s important for us to ask questions about whether all of these increases, every penny of these increases, is …
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24 February
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE CELEBRATES ‘TWOSDAY EVENT’ WITH FAO IN ANKARA…
Press release… Meeting highlights collaboration in the field of cooperatives… Ariel Guarco 23 February 2022, Ankara – A meeting was held yesterday with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) to enhance collaboration in the field of cooperatives within the scope of a project entitled “Building the Resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and …
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23 February
BERAT GÜZELEL: THE EXPRESSION OF ‘WE IMPORT GARBAGE’ DOESN’T REFLECT REALITY
Press release… The recycling industry is becoming a sector that all developed countries support with public power and the rate of compulsory use in production is increasing. Berat Güzelel Berat Güzelel, General Manager of Batı Polimer, which is among the biggest raw material suppliers of the Turkish plastics industry, pointed …
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23 February
TURKIYE’S FIRST CLIMATE COUNCIL KICKED OFF IN KONYA…
Country’s first climate council shows it takes climate change seriously, says UN envoy in Turkiye… KONYA, Turkiye… Turkiye’s efforts toward green development will be of great benefit not only to the country but, of course, the region and globally as well, said UN Resident Coordinator in Turkiye Alvaro Rodriguez on …
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23 February
THE SCOPE OF GRANT SUPPORT IN AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION EXPANDS…
The scope of grant support in agricultural irrigation has expanded… Solar energy and smart irrigation systems in individual irrigation were included in the grant support. The Communiqué on Supporting Individual Irrigation Systems within the Scope of Rural Development Supports has been updated with the communiqué published in today’s issue of …
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22 February
MUĞLA DEPUTY SÜLEYMAN GİRGİN: SUGAR NEED OF BEEKEEPERS SHOULD BE SOLVED URGENTLY
Girgin: Honey producers cannot find sugar Republican People’s Party (CHP) Muğla Deputy Süleyman Girgin stated that honey producers in Muğla province have problems in supplying sugar from Turkish Sugar Factories (TÜRKŞEKER) and brought the issue to the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye (TBMM). CHP Muğla Deputy Süleyman …
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