Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

The International Conference on Conservation Agriculture began on July 5 in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stated.        

A parliament commission, founded to discuss the contentious "Production Reform Draft Law," has decided to establish an "Olive Grove Preservation Board" following the removal of a controversial article that would ease the path to industrial activities on protected olive groves. 

The first Turkey-Africa Agriculture Ministers Meeting and Agribusiness Forum will be held in the Mediterranean resort province of Antalya on April 27-28. 

Constitutionally barred from party politics as head of state, Turkey?s president has expressed his discomfort with criticism of the government by opposition parties when he served as prime minister. 

?Twelve years ago, when we took this office, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock was in ruin and had run out,? said President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on May 27.

Bird flu was found among dead birds in Turkey?s western district of Band?rma?s Edincik area, where around 1.2 million chickens are bred in poultry facilities. The three kilometers surrounding the poultry facility where the flu was found was quarantined. 

Konya’s Selçuk University on June 17 launched Turkey’s first underwater archaeology research vessel in Antalya. With teams from Warsaw and Naples, the university will set off in July 1 to discover the underwater archaeological richness of the Mediterranean, spanning until Aug. 31.

The Bursa provincial directorate of food, agriculture and livestock said they have detected a genetically modified organism (GMO) in the infant formulas of a private company.

Following the discovery, they sent notice to every province to withdraw certain products from the company, Gıda Güvenliği Hareketi Food Security Movement said on its website.