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10 November

BOSPHORUS WITNESSES ABUNDANCE IN BLUEFISH!

ISTANBUL… With the fishing season entering its second month, the Istanbul Strait is currently experiencing an abundance of a highly consumed fish, the bluefish, widely referred as the “prince of Bosphorus,” for the past 10 days. Fishermen noted that they catch bluefish on the Black Sea side of Bosphorus, citing …

10 November

DROUGHT THREATENS TURKIYE’S AGRICULTURAL FUTURE!

ANKARA… The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has issued a stark warning about the impending impact of drought on Türkiye’s agricultural sector, specifically pointing to a significant decrease in the production of vital crops and its adverse effects on animal husbandry. The ministry, which highlights the potentially devastating consequences until 2050, …

7 November

FAO; COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD

FAO assesses that globally 46 countries/territories, including 33 in Africa, ten in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Persisting and intensifying conflicts are key drivers of the severest levels of acute food insecurity, with recent concerns …

7 November

SAFFET KALYONCU: REGIONAL EXPORTS FROM EASTERN BLACK SEA SOARED BY 8 PERCENT

Press release… In the Eastern Black Sea Region, which is under the jurisdiction of the General Secretariat of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in the January-October period of 2023, exports from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces amounted to 1 billion 162 million 258 thousand 626 dollars and there …

6 November

ALI KINDAP: TURKIYE COULD BE A LEADING FOOD EXPORTER BY USING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Press release… TOMATOES IN PAIN, BANANAS IN VAN, STRAWBERRIES IN ERZURUM NOT IMPOSSIBLE… GEOTHERMAL GREENHOUSES ARE THE KEY TO BOOST PRODUCTION IN AGRICULTURE… GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ASSOCIATION (JED) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALİ KINDAP:“BY INCREASING OUR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH GEOTHERMAL GREENHOUSES, WE CAN REDUCE FOOD PRICES AND BECOME ONE …

6 November

YUMAKLI: TURKIYE BOOSTED ITS CERTIFIED SEED PRODUCTION BY TEN TIMES

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that the ministry’s work on ancestral (heirloom) seeds continues and that 37 types of ancestral seeds registered so far have been taken under protection in gene banks. İbrahim Yumaklı Minister Yumaklı also said that agricultural production should be increased through efficient production. …

6 November

“TURKISH SPICES ARE PRODUCED BASED ON TRACEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY”

Press release… World spice industry unites against residues… The agenda of spice exporters is sustainability and food safety… Spice producers and exporters from all over Europe came together in Brussels for the sustainability of residue-free production and exports. The Technical Committee Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA), one of …

5 November

YELLOW GOLD, PUMPKIN SEED HARVEST STARTS IN TOMARZA…

A large part of the country’s need is met from Tomarza district of Türkiye’s central Anatolian province of Kayseri and the harvest of pumpkin seeds, known as ‘yellow gold’, has started. The kilo of pumpkin seeds is sold between 125 TL and 130 TL this year depending on the quality …

5 November

ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE PROJECT FROM THE MINISTRY AND FAO…

The ecological agriculture project, which is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with a budget of 7.2 million dollars, was implemented in Türkiye’s northwestern province of …

5 November

HIGHEST DEMAND IN PICKLE EXPORTS FOR PEPPER AND GHERKIN!

Press release… The highest demand in pickle exports is for pepper and gherkin pickles… The first place in Türkiye’s pickle exports is pepper pickles with an amount of 118 million 200 thousand dollars. Foreign currency income of 109 million 287 thousand dollars was obtained from the export of gherkin pickles, …