Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers

Farmers may soon hit the streets unless the sector's deep problems are resolved, a leading association has warned, adding that the agricultural sector has become a scapegoat in explaining why the inflation rate is so high. 

Turkey's poultry exports plummeted almost half in 2016 from the 2014 numbers, amid escalating risks in the Middle Eastern markets, said a top sector association. 

The association has called for a new strategy to boost exports, which are key for the sector. 

Turkey loses an average of over 15 percent of its calf population within one year of their birth, much higher than the developed world's average, and these deaths cost 3.9 billion Turkish Liras ($1 billion) annually, according to a leading agricultural association. 

The agricultural sector has contracted by 6 percent last year due to plunging exports and the consequent decline in prices in the domestic market, the head of a leading sector association announced on Jan. 5. 

Turkey's leading business organizations have strongly condemned and expressed sorrow over a deadly terror attack in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri early on Dec. 17, which left at least 14 soldiers killed and 56 people wounded.

Turkey's crop producers are happy with the snowfall across the country as long-anticipated precipitation arrived early January, the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) president has said.

According to ?emsi Bayraktar, the snow and rain throughout the country is expected to have a good impact on the winter drought, which was feared to damage newly-planted crops.

Turkish agricultural producers have asked for measures to stabilize fresh fruit and vegetable prices, which have plunged almost by half after Russia announced that it would halt the imports of many agricultural products by the beginning of 2016 amid a diplomatic crisis with Turkey. Sector representatives have defined the situation as "unexpected panic," which has triggered speculative price slu

A group of business associations, unions and professional chambers have decided to hold a mass rally in the Turkish capital city of Ankara on Sept. 17 in a show of condemnation of ?terror.?