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Farmer protests spread across Turkey

Farmer protests spread across Turkey

Increasing production costs and insufficient crop prices are the primary reasons for the protests that have gained momentum in August.

Diyarbakır farmers say 'interest rates more lucrative than agriculture'

Diyarbakır farmers say 'interest rates more lucrative than agriculture'

"The economy minister says they will reduce inflation. Are they planning to do this by impoverishing farmers?” says a farmer.

21 August 2024 Mizgin Tabu

Female employment in agriculture drops 614,000 people in ten years

Female employment in agriculture drops 614,000 people in ten years

The proportion of women employed in the agricultural sector decreased from 48.8% to 18.3% of total employment. CHP Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer stated that women's participation in agricultural production not only supports the development of rural areas but also prevents migration. He also proposed, "Women's social security premiums should be covered by the state."

Farmers' debt to banks increased by 80% in one year, surpassing 590 billion lira

Farmers' debt to banks increased by 80% in one year, surpassing 590 billion lira

CHP Niğde Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer stated that the increase in debt in one year amounted to 261 billion lira and said, "Farmers, grappling with dozens of problems such as the increase in the cost of feed, fuel, electricity used for agricultural purposes, feed, fertilizer, labor costs, and the inability to sell their products, have started to either move away from agriculture or borrow from banks."

9 February 2024

New regulations ‘threaten Turkey’s local winemakers’

New regulations ‘threaten Turkey’s local winemakers’

As the number of local winemakers is already dwindling in Turkey's northwestern region of Thrace, a recent regulation mandating guarantees for winemakers could add to their existing challenges, warns a local vintner.

21 December 2023 Yakup Önal

Rural cooperativism is essential for urban dwellers, too

Rural cooperativism is essential for urban dwellers, too

Rural cooperativism is a topic that has been neglected for years. This approach has led to the agricultural sector in the country reaching the brink of collapse. But now, it not only threatens the rural areas but also the access to food in cities.

14 July 2023 Bülent Danışoğlu

How climate crisis affects Turkey's agricultural production

How climate crisis affects Turkey's agricultural production

For many years, Turkey has been unable to achieve yield increases in its key agricultural products, placing the country significantly behind its global competitors in this regard.

Is a wheat crisis on Turkey's doorstep?

Is a wheat crisis on Turkey's doorstep?

The country's wheat production has remained the same in the past two decades, says the head of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers.

20 May 2022 Hikmet Adal

‘What happened to the food that contains agricultural pesticides?’

NO PESTICIDES ON MY PLATE PLATFORM

‘What happened to the food that contains agricultural pesticides?’

“No Pesticides on My Plate Platform” asked about the usage of the pesticides in food products

Debt of farmers in Turkey reached record highs in 2021, warns opposition MP

Debt of farmers in Turkey reached record highs in 2021, warns opposition MP

The number of farmers who received a document of insolvency has exceeded 21,000, according to an Agricultural Credit Cooperatives report.

Amid high bread prices, TurkStat says Turkey self-sufficient in agriculture, wheat production

Amid high bread prices, TurkStat says Turkey self-sufficient in agriculture, wheat production

Despite the self-sufficiency of wheat production, bread prices in the country have increased excessively over the past few months as the country's inflation rate hit two-decade high levels.

Main opposition leader slams government over agricultural imports

Main opposition leader slams government over agricultural imports

"Agriculture is now a strategic sector. The pandemic has shown us the fact that a country whose agriculture is underdeveloped may be doomed to starvation," Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

Turkey’s agricultural input price index sees a 57-percent annual increase

TURKSTAT

Turkey’s agricultural input price index sees a 57-percent annual increase

The Turkish Statistical Institute has shared the agricultural input price index for January 2022: Fertilizer and soil improvers with 153.34 percent and energy and lubricants with 101.14 percent were the subgroups with high annual increases.

Turkey's annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent

TURKSTAT

Turkey's annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the producer price index of agricultural products for February: The producer inflation rate was 13.74 percent monthly and 68.49 percent yearly while some prices saw a nearly 200-percent annual increase.

Erdoğan appoints Vahit Kirişci as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Erdoğan appoints Vahit Kirişci as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

According to a Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, Bekir Pakdemirli’s request for “being excused from duty” has been accepted and Vahit Kirişci has been appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Producer inflation in agriculture climbs to a new high in Turkey

JANUARY 2022

Producer inflation in agriculture climbs to a new high in Turkey

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the producer price index of agricultural products increased by 52 percent annually and by 14.83 percent monthly.

16 February 2022

Turkey extends permission for five pesticides banned in EU countries

Turkey extends permission for five pesticides banned in EU countries

The permission will allow companies to destock harmful pesticides, the Wheat Association has noted.

10 January 2022

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

Main opposition CHP MP Gürer has raised concerns that the abnormal increase in the prices of fertilizers may drive Turkey into a food crisis, calling on the authorities to intervene in fertilizer prices as soon as possible and introduce the necessary discounts.

10 December 2021

Main opposition CHP MP criticizes agriculture’s share in 2022 draft budget

‘BUDGET OF POVERTY FOR FARMERS’

Main opposition CHP MP criticizes agriculture’s share in 2022 draft budget

CHP Bursa MP Orhan Sarıbal defines the share to be allocated to farmers in the 2022 budget as “the budget of a new migration for farmers who do not produce and leave their homes and lands.”

21 October 2021

List of banned pesticides used in agriculture in Turkey

List of banned pesticides used in agriculture in Turkey

According to the analyzes carried out on food products exported from Turkey, nearly one-fourth of the samples found to be inappropriate in 2020 and one-fifth of them in 2021 contained banned pesticides.

5 October 2021 Bülent Şık

Turkey posts record-high producer inflation in agriculture

Turkey posts record-high producer inflation in agriculture

In July, agricultural input price index has increased by 29.38 percent compared to same month last year.

20 September 2021

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Ministry approves organized industrial zone on agricultural fields in Thrace

Cancelled by the court and planned to be located on agricultural fields in Ergene in northwestern Turkey, the plastic industrial zone is granted a “positive Environmental Impact Assessment” report by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

20 September 2021

CHP slams Erdoğan over ‘no customs duty’ for import of grains, legumes

CHP slams Erdoğan over ‘no customs duty’ for import of grains, legumes

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu and İstanbul MP Tekin have slammed the decision for reducing the customs duty for grains and legumes to zero. CHP Niğde MP Gürer has also visited agricultural workers and voiced their complaints and requests.

8 September 2021

Farmers protest power cuts with tractors in Urfa

Farmers protest power cuts with tractors in Urfa

Closing the Urfa-Mardin Highway to traffic in southeast Turkey in protest against the power cuts of the Dicle Electricity Distribution Inc. (DEDAŞ), farmers have been subjected to the intervention of the gendarmerie with pepper gas.

NGOs blame 'wrong agricultural policies' for mass flamingo deaths in drying lake

NGOs blame 'wrong agricultural policies' for mass flamingo deaths in drying lake

Hundreds of flamingos that had just hatched were found dead in a dried part of Lake Tuz in central Turkey.

Drought in Lake Van basin: Water sources disappearing

Drought in Lake Van basin: Water sources disappearing

The drought caused by climate change and the decrease in precipitation have negatively affected the basin of Lake Van and the water sources in its surrounding area as well as agriculture and animal husbandry in the region.

Demands of companies, consumers 'killing organic cultivation of watermelon'

Demands of companies, consumers 'killing organic cultivation of watermelon'

"Three, four years ago, we were procuring our own seeds, now we have to plant pumpkin-watermelon hybrid seedlings that we buy from companies," says a watermelon cultivator.

25 June 2021 Mehtap Güngör

‘AKP imported 118 billion dollars worth of agricultural products in 18 years’

CHP’S SARIBAL

‘AKP imported 118 billion dollars worth of agricultural products in 18 years’

Main opposition CHP MP Orhan Sarıbal notes that while Turkey has the largest agricultural production area in Europe, it ranks first in food inflation in the continent, raising concerns that “Turkey does not have food safety.”

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

HDP

‘Farmers have lost 80 percent of their crops, food crisis is imminent in Turkey’

HDP Agriculture Commission Spokesperson Turan says that farmers’ debt to public institutions and Agricultural Credit Cooperatives has topped 150 billion lira.

Unable to sell their crops during lockdown, farmers send them to garbage

Unable to sell their crops during lockdown, farmers send them to garbage

Farmers' Union Chair Ali Bülent Erdem has stated that the "complete lockdown" was an example of a complete lack of planning and said, "At least the farmers should have been supported in such a period."

7 May 2021 Hikmet Adal

Turkey breaks records in agricultural production, says Erdoğan

Turkey breaks records in agricultural production, says Erdoğan

Defining Turkey as a “water stressed country”, AKP Chair and President Erdoğan has argued that “Turkey has broken records in agricultural production” in the country’s Republican history since 1923.

‘Turkey's Economic Reform Package makes no mention of farmers’

CHP’S SARIBAL

‘Turkey's Economic Reform Package makes no mention of farmers’

Main opposition CHP MP Orhan Sarıbal has criticized the recently unveiled Economic Reform Package for failing to address the problems of farmers: “The AKP has discarded both agriculture and farmers.”

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