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12 August

CITRUS EXPORTS BRING IN 336 MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY-JULY PERIOD…

National Citrus Council (UNK) Chairman Kemal Kaçmaz said that in January-July period Turkey provided 336 million dollars of foreign currency income from citrus exports. Kaçmaz stated that citrus exports are at an important point in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Indicating that their exports have increased every month, Kaçmaz …

12 August

TOMATOES PRODUCED IN VAN SOLD AT MARKET STALLS ACROSS TURKEY…

Tomatoes produced in thermal greenhouses in Çaldıran district of Van province are sent to Antalya by lorries. Mehmet Emin Bilmez, the Governor of Van and the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who visited the greenhouses, said that it is very important to send tomatoes from Van to Antalya and …

12 August

HARVEST STARTS IN WORLDWIDE KNOWN ANZER HONEY…

Honey harvest has started for Anzer honey produced in Anzer Plateau, located at an altitude of 2300-3000 metres, in İkizdere district of Rize province. In order to produce Anzer honey, whose price competes with gold, approximately 3,500 hives are placed across the plateau according to the rate of insolation every …

11 August

TRADE RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA STAND IN BALANCE…

Press release… Turkey’s exports to Saudi Arabia rose over 50 percent in May, 30 percent in June and 21 percent in July. In the eleventh leg of the webinar series “The course of the coronavirus in our target markets” organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, Jeddah Trade Attaché Hıfzı Oğuz …

11 August

KİLİS 7 DECEMBER UNIVERSITY TO PRODUCE ‘BOUTIQUE OLIVE OIL’…

Kilis 7 Aralık (December) University signed a project protocol titled “Creating a Capacity Enhancing Model in Organic Olive Oil Production” for the production of “Boutique olive oil”. The project, which is also supported by the Governorship of Kilis, was signed by Rector of 7 Aralık University Professor Dr. Mustafa Doğan …

11 August

DEFENSE SYSTEM OF THE BEES ALSO PROTECTS PEOPLE…

Press release… Bees transform the nectar collected from nature into nutrients by enzyme. Scientists have determined that propolis, which bees produce to protect their hives from bacteria and diseases, also has protective properties for humans. So what is propolis, how and how much should it be consumed? Ahmet Bağran Aksoy, …

11 August

TURKEY’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3.9 PERCENT THIS YEAR…

Turkey’s agricultural exports increased by 3.9% in the first seven months of 2020 compared to the same period last year despite the disruption in supply chains in the food sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to an Anadolu Agency (AA) report released Monday that cited data from the Turkey …

10 August

BİROL CELEP: WE AIM TO EXPORT 10 BILLION DOLLARS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE MEDIUM TERM

Press release… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry banned 16 pesticides (plant protection products) used to prevent diseases and harmful organisms from damaging the crop in June. It added 9 more pesticides to this list on 5 August 2020. 7 pesticides; It decided to restrict the usage areas until the …

10 August

“DON’T WORRY ABOUT NEITHER THE HAZELNUT ON THE TREE NOR THE WORKER IN THE FIELD!”

“Don’t Worry Neither The Hazelnut On The Tree Nor The worker In The Field Project”, which was implemented for the first time this year by Ordu Metropolitan Municipality and brings together hazelnut workers and producers, pleased garden owners and workers. With the project, the garden owners were helped to find …

10 August

NUMBER OF CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS REACHES 74 MILLION…

The number of ovine and bovine animals reached to 73.7 million, according to TURKSTAT (Turkish Statistical Institute). According to the data of TURKSTAT’s “Animal Production Statistics”, the number of cattle in the first half rose 4.2 percent to 18 million 615 thousand head, in the same period ovine number increased …