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16 May

Ahmet Tiryakioğlu: Grains, pulses and oilseeds have not been greatly affected by frost-related losses

Press release… Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, said that grain production reduces the pressure on agricultural income… Tiryakioğlu, who drew attention to the fact that frost-related losses are particularly concentrated in fruit production areas, while grains, pulses and …

15 May

Hayrettin Uçak: Bringing production under cover is vital in order to prevent the damage caused by climate change

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, who is also a producer, stated that climate change has made itself felt more clearly today and that it is imperative to switch to covered production and to spread agricultural insurance in order to prevent the …

15 May

Sinan Kızıltan: Türkiye’s seafood exports soared by 100 percent in 5 years

Press release… The fishery sector, one of the stars of exports in Türkiye, doubled its exports in the last 5 years, from 1 billion 10 million dollars to 2 billion 20 million dollars. In the last 5 years, the country’s exports ramped up by 58 percent from 166 billion dollars …

15 May

Turkish raisins mostly demanded by the British, dried figs, dried apricots by the Americans…

Press release… The country importing the most seedless raisins from Türkiye was the UK with 117 million dollars, while the Netherlands was the top importing partner with a demand of 48.5 million dollars. Germany imported 38.4 million dollars worth of Turkish grapes and ranked third, while we exported 35 million …

14 May

Production and export spike in Turkish seed sector!

The Turkish Seed Growers’ Association (TÜRKTOB) reported that as of the end of last year, seed production surged by 3 thousand 18 tonnes to 1 million 303 thousand 38 tonnes and fruit sapling production decreased by 10.7 million to 101 million 574 thousand. According to the information obtained from the …

14 May

Innovative agriculture breakthrough in Trabzon!

In eastern Black Sea province of Trabzon’s Yomra district, investor Elif Çakıroğlu’s agricultural move, which started 6 years ago when she travelled to America, turned from a container-type mini plant factory into a greenhouse. Çakıroğlu, who made sustainable agriculture possible with the technological greenhouses she established, also paved the way …

13 May

Günhan Ulusoy: The history of flour industry was written in Anatolia!

Eren Günhan Ulusoy, Chair of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM), announced that wheat, the gift of the soil, comes to life with the labour of the farmer and enables industrialists to carry Türkiye’s flag to the world with exports. Eren Günhan Ulusoy made a written statement on the …

13 May

Uğur Pırlak: Niğde Potato Research Institute has developed the first domestic variety, ‘Uğur’

Niğde Potato Research Institute, Türkiye’s first and only research institution in the field of potatoes, has achieved another important success in domestic and national agriculture. The first domestic potato variety developed by the Institute has been registered under the name ‘Uğur’. In 2023, ‘Uğur’, which was applied for industrial use …

13 May

Ümit Mirza Çavuşoğlu: Western Mediterranean exporters are happy to boost exports

The Western Mediterranean Exporters’ Association (BAİB), which covers Antalya, Isparta and Burdur provinces, exceeded the export figure of 1 billion dollars earlier than last year. Ümit Mirza Çavuşoğlu BAİB Chairman of the Board of Directors Ümit Mirza Çavuşoğlu said that they started to reap the fruits of their overseas commercial …

13 May

Turkish farmers produce, exporters sell them all over the world!

Press release… Anatolia’s fertile soils, four-season climate and rich biodiversity have turned Türkiye into the world’s food storehouse. Farmers, who have been producing in Anatolian lands for thousands of years, produce 137 million tonnes of plant production on 24 million hectares of land. According to 2024 data, Türkiye is the …