September, 2020

• 20 September

  EXPORT OF FISHERIES FROM EASTERN BLACK SEA REGION CONTINUE TO INCREASE…

  

  73 million dollars worth of fishery products exported from the Eastern Black Sea in 8 months According to the data of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), from the Eastern Black Sea Region in January-August 2020, 33.555 tons of fishery products were sold to 29 countries. During the period …

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• 19 September

  ‘GOOD LIFE BRAND’ AWARD GOES TO PINAR MILK…

  

  Press release… “Good Life Brands” awards, focused on the lifestyle and consumption habits of consumers by the Nielsen Research Centre, conferred on Pınar Milk (Pınar Süt) with the “Good Life Brand” award in the Milk and Dairy Products Industry. Pınar Milk (Süt) Chairwoman of the Board of Directors İdil Yiğitbaşı …

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• 19 September

  TURKEY: COTTON AND PRODUCTS UPDATE

  

  The Turkish cotton crop for marketing year (MY) 2020/21 is now estimated at 350,000 hectares and 615,000 metric tonnes (MT) (2.825 million bales). Low yields, unattractive cotton prices, inflated costs, uncertainty created by COVID-19 and better returns from alternative crops in addition to not enough subsidies from Goverment of Turkey …

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• 19 September

  MARMARİS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE (MARKOOP) ESTABLISHED…

  

  Marmaris (a district of Muğla province) Agricultural Development Cooperative (MARKO) was established with the contributions of Marmaris Municipality. Through the cooperative, both agricultural production will be promoted and products unique to Marmaris will be introduced to the world. An important step has been taken for agricultural development in Marmaris, whose …

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• 18 September

  ESKİŞEHİR PROVINCE TAKES THE SECOND PLACE IN SEEDBED SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION…

  

  Eskişehir Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Emine Sever said that Eskişehir ranks second across Turkey in seedbed sunflower production. Dr. Sever visited the cultivation areas and the purchasing centre during the harvest of seedbed sunflower belonging to a private company in Çifteler district. Provincial Director of Agriculture and …

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• 18 September

  DR. AYŞEGÜL SELIŞIK: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SHOULD INCREASE BECAUSE OF RISING POPULATION

  

  Press release… Selışık: The need for agricultural production will increase due to population growth Dr. Ayşegül Selışık, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations) Deputy Representative of Turkey, emphasized that the need for agricultural production will increase in the coming years and for this, more efficient production techniques …

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• 18 September

  OLIVE OIL AWAITS ‘VAT’ REDUCTION!

  

  Press release… Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat said that 400 thousand producers wanted VAT of the olive oil retail to be reduced from 8 percent to 1 percent. Reminding that some suppliers, who took advantage of the explosion of demand in the first wave …

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• 17 September

  AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF THE TREASURY TO BE ALLOCATED TO LANDLESS FARMERS…

  

  Agricultural lands owned by the treasury will be allocated to farmers without land or without sufficient land for 10 years. The first year rental value of the lands will be 1.5 percent of the current value. The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization published the National Real Estate Communiqué on the …

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• 17 September

  DR. FİLİZ KARAOSMANOĞLU: LET’S CLEAN OUR DIGITAL LIFE!

  

  Press release… Let’s lower our digital carbon footprint… Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SPCA; SÜT-D) made a call to clean the digital life on account of World Cleanup Day, 19 September. The importance of reducing the digital carbon footprint emphasized anddrawn attention to reducing its cost. September 19, World Cleanup …

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• 17 September

  TURKEY BREAKS AN ALL-TIME RECORD IN FISHERIES PRODUCTION…

  

  Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that Turkey broke an all-time record with an increase of 33 percent in fisheries production in a year and reached 837 thousand tons. Pakdemirli said: “We have set total fisheries production for 2023 as 1 million tons. We take firm steps forward by …

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