Tag is: Agriculture in Turkey

SAGREX 2024

by the Logistics TransportIn the Category: Logistics

Foreks ⁇ SAGREX 2024 has achieved a historical success with its sales records.  

Companies producing agricultural tools, equipment and services gave a breath of life to farmers, land and agriculture in Salihli ⁇ . They wrote an epic not only with machines, but also with their contributions that increase the yield of the soil by speaking the language of nature, lighten the burden of the farmer and turn the harvest into fertility. Salihli Agriculture, Livestock Machinery, Technologies and Feed Fair SAGREX 2024 has achieved a historical success with its sales records.  

Emphasizing the characteristics of agricultural tools and equipment that are compatible with nature, facilitate human labor and increase the yield of the soil, EFR Fairs General Manager Muhammed Baykal said, ⁇ Iron hands touch the heart of the soil and sprout the hopes of the farmer. These machines, which accompany the rain coming down from the sky and the morning wind, sing the song of labor, and the fields are filled with abundance. Every wheel, every cog, is a silent yet powerful echo of the dreams that flourish deep in the earth. This was echoed in Salihli ⁇ with our agriculture and livestock fair. Participants praise our organization. We will achieve greater success with our trusting participants and visitors who believe in us. 

REPUBLIC OF THE FARMERS

Drawing attention to the importance of renewable energy in agriculture, architect Mehmet Taşkıran, owner of Green Globe Solar Energy Systems, ⁇ We see great interest because we are promoting a new technology. We exceeded our promotional expectations at the fair. Solar energy systems are used in agriculture in various ways to help farmers reduce energy costs, increase efficiency and develop a sustainable agricultural practice. Provides energy for irrigation pumps. Solar-powered irrigation systems make irrigation of agricultural areas more efficient and cost-effective, especially in areas where there is no electricity grid or where it is remote. The low energy problem during irrigation-intensive hours is solved thanks to the system. It almost reduces the dependence of farmers who establish their own republic on grid electricity. It provides continuous energy without being affected by power outages, allowing production to continue uninterrupted. It significantly reduces energy costs in the long run. Although there is an investment cost at the beginning, there is a huge savings on the electricity bill over time. Solar energy, like fossil fuels, does not harm the environment and reduces carbon emissions. This allows agriculture to be done in a more sustainable way. Farmers can increase their productivity with sustainable and low-cost solutions. This situation positively affects both the agricultural sector and the environment in general. 

EFFICIENCY AND SAVING 

Stating that caution should be taken in the use of pesticides, Sedat Uğur, owner of Uğur Spraying Machines, ⁇ Agricultural spraying is chemical applications made to protect plants from diseases, pests and weeds. If pests are not combated, a large part of the products will be damaged and the yield will decrease. Spraying increases crop yield by protecting plant health. By reducing crop loss, it prevents the economic loss of the farmer and increases his income. Healthy products protected from pests are more valuable in terms of market value. Adequately protected crops support the production of food that is safe for human health. Spraying in large areas, which are difficult to do by hand, can be done more quickly and effectively thanks to machines. Pesticide machines ensure a balanced distribution of pesticides throughout plants. This means effective protection and less drug waste. Disinfestation machines lighten the burden on agricultural workers and save time. Agricultural spraying and the machines that perform this process are one of the basic elements of modern agriculture. They are of great importance both in terms of increasing production and reducing labor force. We want to be useful to our farmers at the fair where we participate with our latest technology products. We have doubled our target in SAGREX 2024. Our request from the institutions and organizations that contributed to the preparation of this fair is that they mobilize all their possibilities and make the fair permanent. 

EFFICIENCY IN ACTIVITY

Zeynep Kırcı, owner of Desan Römork Sanayi ⁇ , which has been serving the agricultural sector for half a century, produces 10-12 tonne crates with ⁇ Tonnage, pool crates, irrigation tankers, plus four tonne trailers. They are important tools that increase productivity and maintain product quality in the farmer's daily work. These equipment are used in a variety of agricultural processes and each plays critical roles in agricultural production. Large capacity crates are ideal for farmers to transport harvest products after harvesting crops. It is especially used for the fast and efficient transportation of large volumes of products such as cereals, corn, potatoes, beets. It allows large quantities of products to be transported in one go. Thus, transportation costs and time loss are minimized during harvesting processes. Labor is reduced during the transportation of products from the field to warehouses or to the market. Made of heavy-duty materials, these crates are designed for harsh agricultural conditions. This has been used by farmers for many years. Pool crates are used especially for transporting sensitive products such as fruits and vegetables. Pool crates help the products to be transported undisturbed by preventing contact and crushing with each other. Irrigation tankers play a vital role, especially in agricultural areas that are arid or difficult to access water. These tankers increase productivity and prevent crop loss by ensuring regular irrigation of plants. these equipment are important tools that increase productivity in agriculture, reduce costs and facilitate the work of the farmer. Farmers often use these equipments to make their agricultural activities more efficient and gain a competitive advantage. The fair is excellent in terms of both exhibitor and visitor density. Discount campaigns within the scope of the fair attracted great interest from the farmer. We are sure that this fair success bar will be moved to higher levels next year. 

I am accustomed to success

Celalettin Kuyumcu, owner of the Jewellery Trade, mentioning the conveniences that agricultural tools provide the farmer as if the tool works are handy, ⁇ Agricultural tools and equipment enable farmers to do their jobs more easily, quickly and efficiently. These technologies alleviate the workload of farmers, while reducing production costs and improving quality. This allows for a more profitable and sustainable agricultural activity. It increases productivity, saves labor, improves quality, reduces cost, is environmentally friendly, reduces product losses, optimizes the production process. We started doing business from the first minutes of SAGREX 2024. Many participants made the promotion and business connection that they could not do for months in their showrooms within hours here. He has been a great contributor to our charity. I wholeheartedly applaud the success achieved. In cooperation with our district municipality, district governorship, professional chambers, agricultural non-governmental organizations, EFR Fair Organization, let them organize our fair by adding new achievements every year. He said that this beautiful organization should not be lost to other districts. 

The mobile power 

Samet Balgönül, owner of Velibey Energy, which emphasizes the importance of mobile power supply in agriculture, provides energy independence, cost savings and operational flexibility to farmers. It offers a powerful solution against power outages, allowing critical equipment such as irrigation systems, refrigeration tanks, harvesters, which especially require energy, to continue to work uninterruptedly. Therefore, it is an important tool that increases productivity in agriculture. Off-grid tractor-powered generators provide the farmer with the necessary electrical power during outages, ensuring that work continues uninterrupted. Farmers can easily use irrigation in any area they need. With these machines, electricity generation is the property at every point where energy is needed. It provides power for the machines and tools required during processes such as planting, harvesting, fertilizing or spraying. Mobile power supply, which provides cost advantages, is used in areas such as operation of farm machines, cooling warehouses, milking and storage systems, grain drying machines, feed mixing machines, while they act as backup power supply for emergencies. We attended the fair to introduce this versatile generator. We participated in every fair organized by EFR Fuarcılık. Our cooperation has given rise to synergy. His economic contribution was to Turkish agriculture as much as it was to us. 

Russia's agricultural products exports reached 70 million tons

by the Logistics TransportIn the Category: Logistics

Lut made statements about the agricultural sector of his country at the meeting he held with the officials of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture in the capital Moscow.

Stating that Russia continues to develop new markets in agricultural exports, Lut noted that there has been an increase in grain exports, especially to Asia and Africa.

Pointing out that Russia's total agricultural products exports continue to increase this year, Lut said that we supplied 70 million tons to international markets in ⁇ 2024 ⁇ , which means an 8 percent increase compared to the same period last year. ⁇

Minister Lut said on August 20 that they plan to harvest 132 million tons of grain and export 60 million tons of grain this year.

According to the decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin ⁇ in May, the country's agricultural products exports are aimed to increase by 1.5 times compared to 2021 ⁇ by 2030.

⁇ We have to integrate digitalization into agriculture and food ⁇

by the Logistics TransportIn the the General Assembly

by Maryam Kardağ

The scale of the food crisis in the world due to climate change is increasing day by day. Negatively affected food crops and plant-based animal feed threaten nutrient access globally.

Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO) Chairman Hakan Sefa Çakır, Mersin Commodity Exchange Chairman Ö. Abdullah Özdemir and Yusuf Değirmenci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Food Engineers, made evaluations to the DÜNYA Newspaper.

Hakan Sefa Çakır, Chairman of Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO), emphasized that there is no food crisis that will put countries and the world in great distress nationally and globally, and that there is a problem caused by wars and production and transportation problems on the basis of certain products. Çakır, ⁇ For example, wheat supply originating from the Russia-Ukraine war.

There are food prices rising with inflation brought on by the long-standing global economic contraction. If these political problems, wars and economic contraction continue, the balance of supply and demand will be disturbed in a short time and a crisis will occur. The deterioration of the supply demand balance, the increase in prices due to increasing costs, the deterioration of product quality, the decrease in shelf life and, of course, the negative conditions created by global climate change, which is the most important problem of the coming years, indicate that the food crisis is at the door and we should take this issue seriously.

We must harness the power of technology.

Çakır, who says that a planned agricultural production is necessary in order to ensure sustainability in food, is also dependent on data in his plan and cannot be made in his plan if there is no correct data, ⁇ You should definitely work with the sector, agricultural dynamics, farmers, and listen to the voice of the base. Of course, the main element of sustainability is to protect nature, soil and water.

How will we talk about sustainability if we cannot leave a healthy soil, clean air, clean water source to future generations? To be sustainable means to protect these resources today, to use them efficiently and not to waste them. Here, too, we must use technology and take advantage of the power of technology. We have to integrate digitalization into agriculture and food. The other side of the job is human resources. It's a city-building world. It's the same in our country. Rural life is disappearing. People are now leaving the agricultural sector. New generations are not interested in agriculture. We have to ensure the return of young people to agriculture.

⁇ Food planning should be done ⁇

Emphasizing that uncontrolled and unconscious production creates supply from time to time and this situation causes waste, Çakır said that we should integrate agriculture more into the food industry and ensure long-term storage conditions. It's all about planning. We need to know how much to produce. Unplanned means wasted. The other thing, of course, is that there is no traceability. All processes from the field to the end consumer of agricultural products, all processes such as production, storage, packaging, transportation should be monitored, that is, recorded.

Traceability is a food safety issue. In whichever of the processes there is a problem, measures are taken according to it and waste is prevented. But if there's no traceability, you don't know where the waste is. Çakır stated that in a country that adopts a free market policy, the state should assume the duty of control rather than production, and should carry out sanctions with incentives and supports. With the right information from the base, it should make macro planning in cooperation. Food crises are a national security issue for countries.

States have to feed their people, they have to provide healthy food. It has to protect society against excessive food price increases. Emphasizing that there was an unprecedented food price increase in the world, Çakır said that there were never-before-seen droughts. Çakır, ⁇ All this means that the bells of the food crisis are ringing. Price increases, irregular nutrition, increased diseases, unhealthy new generation, depleted soil and water resources. All of this creates a dark picture. He said that we will come out of this dark picture with cooperation between countries.

⁇ The importance of agriculture and food sector is increasing ⁇

Mersin Commodity Exchange Chairman of the Board Ö. Abdullah Özdemir said that with the pandemic process that started in the last months of 2019, the importance of the agriculture and food sector has increased further, countries have started to exhibit more protective attitudes in agriculture, and various practices such as customs tax changes, prohibition of exports, restriction or quotas have started to be implemented. In this period, concepts such as food nationalism, self-sufficiency, food reliability, sustainable food and food waste started to come up much more.

The food crisis is one of those concepts, he said. The United Nations (UN) has set a goal of ending world hunger by 2030. The State of Food Safety and Nutrition in the World report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) emphasizes that this goal is far from being achieved.

⁇ Turkey in Food Sustainability Index ⁇ 28 ⁇ inci ⁇

Özdemir emphasized that according to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 93 kilograms per person and a total of 7.7 million tons of food are thrown away every year in Turkey, and according to the statement of the Turkish Food Industry Employers' Union (TÜGİS), 14 million pieces of bread are thrown away in our country, while Turkey is the 15 ⁇ th country with the highest food waste among 214 countries. Özdemir stated that the world's population is expected to be based on 10 billion people and the population of Turkey is expected to be based on 100 million people in 2050, so we do not have a single bite of luxury to waste.

Moreover, in the last 20 years, agricultural areas in our country have decreased by about 10 percent, while our population has increased by 17 percent. In the future, we may have to feed more populations with less agricultural land. We should know the value of each of our foods produced with all this effort, and we should already spread this awareness, especially among our younger generations. Yusuf Değirmenci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Food Engineers, who said that the food crisis in the world also affected Turkey, noted that basic foodstuffs such as wheat decreased in the world with the effect of the Ukraine and Russia war and logistics could not be provided.

⁇ Awareness about sustainability should be made ⁇

Değirmenci said, "When the soil and water are protected, and you protect the person who will cultivate that soil, we ensure sustainability." This phenomenon, which has become an indispensable fact for the Agriculture and Food sector in today's world, will become even more important in the future. For this reason, as consumers, we will draw attention to all these issues first. Then, people in the position of producers will research the conditions of ensuring sustainability and develop a production model in this way. Miller also emphasized that in line with state incentives, citizens and farmers should be aware of sustainability in food.

⁇ The right agricultural areas should be selected ⁇

⁇ 900 million people suffer from malnutrition problems ⁇ Yusuf Değirmenci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Food Engineers, who also touched on the importance of choosing the right agricultural areas, ⁇ It is necessary to ensure food sustainability by considering many conditions such as not opening agricultural areas to construction, not planting products where irrigation is very necessary in drought areas, and choosing seeds and seedlings. It is necessary to choose the right seedlings and seeds. It's important to put the right product in the right place. Breading a product that requires a lot of water in a place where there is no water reduces productivity, he said.

We cannot resist the food crisis by wasting water

Hakan Sefa Çakır, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO), stating that it cannot be resisted against the food crisis by destroying the soil with traditional agricultural methods, chemical fertilizers and drugs, and wasting water with wild irrigation, we have to focus on the use of high technology in agriculture and food R&D.

The issue is not only about production, but also about the ecological, social and health damages along with monetary values such as energy, logistics, promotion and labor in terms of cost. All these seemingly indirect issues should be evaluated in a short time. Global warming is not a conspiracy theory, the food crisis is not a far-fetched phenomenon. Everyone from the citizen sitting at home to the producer, from the representatives of the sector to the public has a responsibility, there are things to do. "The food issue is a matter of survival, it is a matter of national security," he said.