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5 June

EXPORTERS OF BURSA TACKLE THE OLIVE FLY…

Press release… Traps hung to tackle olive fly which damages fruits… Fruit yields will be increased by natural methods… Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) Vice President Dr. Senih Yazgan said that the Covid-19 virus, which affects the world, once again reveals that food and agriculture are indispensable …

5 June

FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX FALLS TO 17-MONTH LOW…

04 June 2020, Rome – Global commodity food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, as supplies appear strong and demand weakens due to economic contractions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks international prices of …

5 June

TURKEY EXPORTS 30 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SEA CUCUMBERS…

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said that hunting season of sea cucumber which is one of the most important seafood export products has ended. Minister Pakdemirli stated that the hunting season of sea cucumbers, which started on 1 January, fed by filtering sand and mud on the sea …

5 June

FİSKOBİRLİK AIMS 500 MILLION LIRAS TURNOVER…

Lütfi Bayraktar, the Chairman of the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (FİSKOBİRLİK), said that in 2020, they had 500 million liras turnover targets.Bayraktar stated that they made a great effort to keep the union alive at the press conference held at the FİSKOBİRLİK General Directorate. Expressing that they made a …

4 June

TIME TO STOP INTERFERING WITH BIODIVERSITY!

Press release… WE SHOULD REPAIR AND PROTECT OUR NATURE… HEALTHY LIFE IS POSSIBLE IN A HEALTHY PLANET… We must live in harmony with nature… Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D), drawing attention to disapperance of species along with regeneration and protection of the nature on account of June 5, World …

4 June

TAYLAN SAMANCI: EAT RAW HONEY!

Taylan Samancı, Beekeeping Specialist Agricultural Engineer (M.S.), pointed out that applications such as heat treatment and excessive filtration applied to honey destroy the nutritional value of honey and said, “Eat products with ‘raw honey’ on the label.” Member of International Honey Commission and the International Standards Organization Turkey representative of …

4 June

AGRICULTURE IS NOT A SORT OF INVESTMENT ONLY FOR ENTHUSIASM!

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli said that agriculture is not a sort of investment for enthusiasm. Pointing out that the virus epidemic, which has become a global problem, makes the importance of nature, rural areas and countryside at least twice as much as before, Minister of Agriculture …

4 June

HAZELNUT EXPORTS SURGES 45 PERCENT YEAR ON YEAR…

Turkey’s hazelnut exports surged 45 percent year-on-year from September 2019 to this May, said a regional trade group on Tuesday. Turkey, the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier, yielded 1.96 billion dollars revenue from the hazelnut exports, according to the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association data. So far this season, …

4 June

ANADOLU ETAP PROVIDED 67 MILLION DOLLARS LOAN…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday announced that it is providing a €60 million loan (nearly $67 million) to Anadolu Etap, the leading fruit producer in the country. “Half of the loan has been syndicated to the Dutch development bank FMO under the EBRD’s structure,” according …

3 June

AYGUN: TÜKAS IS MORE FUNCTIONAL THAN ÇKS

It has been proposed that millions of farmers will receive support if they switch to the Agricultural Production Registration System (TÜKAS), developed in 2014 instead of ÇKS (Farmers Registration System), which caused victimization because it does not cover all farmers and agricultural areas that are cultivated and harvested across the …