Sugar, wheat and palm oil push up FAO Food Price Index… 02 September 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices rebounded rapidly in August after two consecutive months of decline, led by strong gains in the international price quotations for sugar, wheat and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …
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September, 2021
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2 September
HAYRETTİN UÇAK: WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY EFFECTIVELY
Press release… Call for regional fight against Mediterranean Fruit Fly to prevent yield loss… The Mediterranean Fruit Fly, which started to appear about two months before the early satsuma harvest, a very short time before the citrus season, causes irreversible damage to the fruits in tens of decares of citrus …
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2 September
TURKEY’S FIRST CORN MAZE IN ŞİLE!
Turkey’s first corn maze, established in the Şile district of Istanbul within the scope of a tourism innovation project supported by the Agriculture Ministry and the Union of Agricultural Chambers and the Association of Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), has been opened to public visit. Aiming to increase the love of land and agriculture in the …
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2 September
NEW FISHING SEASON STARTS WHILE FISHERMEN MOSTLY CATCH MACKERELS AND MULLETS…
The first fish caught in the Marmara Sea with the start of the new fishing season on Sept. 1 are horse mackerels and striped red mullets. “We have mostly horse mackerel. We also have anchovy and mullus. There is no blue fish. We also do not expect bonito this year,” Hakan Görmüş, a fisherman, told journalists in …
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2 September
SRI LANKA DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER FOOD SHORTAGES!
Sri Lanka Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. Rajapaksa …
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2 September
AGRICULTURE SUFFERS FROM EXTREME DROUGHT IN KAZAKHSTAN!
Global warming threatens Caspian Sea, warn Kazakh environmentalist… Meiramgul Kussainova… NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan Kazakh environmentalist Orınbasar Togcanov told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that in the southeastern region of Mangystau in Kazakhstan the volume of rain has steadily decreased in recent years resulting in dried up wheat fields and dead livestock …
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1 September
PAKDEMİRLİ: WE HAVE A GLOBAL ADVANTAGE IN THE MARKET OF FENUGREEK
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that the “Fenugreek Feasibility Report and Investor Guide” has been prepared by the General Directorate of Plant Production. Pakdemirli said, “Considering the production and export potential of fenugreek, it is possible for Turkey to have a global advantage in the market of …
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1 September
BEEKEEPERS EXPECT A GOOD HARVEST IN ADIYAMAN REGION THIS YEAR…
Adıyaman Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry Coordination and Agricultural Data Branch Manager Gaffar Tuncer said that despite the drought throughout the country, they had a good period in beekeeping. Tuncer said, “The drought we experienced in the agricultural area did not adversely affect honey yield, on the contrary, we …
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August, 2021
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30 August
DR. NEVZAT BİRİŞİK: CLIMATE CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY AND FARMING CULTURE
Dr. Nevzat Birişik, General Director of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that it will not be possible to continue the usual varieties and cultivation culture in the same way due to climate change. Dr. Nevzat Birişik said, “Climate change shows us that …
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30 August
“WE AIM TO MAKE THE BLACK SEA SALMON AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND”
Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Deputy Chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, in his written statement, said that they will provide all kinds of support as the Association for the further development of Rainbow Trout-Black Sea Salmon farming in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Gürdoğan also stated that …
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