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Turkey’s production of wheat, corn, barley and rice in MY 2022/23 are all forecast higher compared to the previous year.

On December 30, 2022, the Turkish Government published a Biosafety Decision to reapprove the import of a genetically engineered (GE) stacked corn event, NK603 X MON 810, for feed. In a separate government action, the single event MON 810 was canceled due to a recent court decision. With these latest changes, the total number of approved GE events remains at 36.

Turkiye is among the world’s leading economies and home to a young, mostly urban population of 85 million people. This dynamic has fueled the country’s rising demand for consumer-oriented agricultural products.

The Government of Turkey has just assigned the new Agriculture Minister last month, Ahmet Esref Fakibaba, who has prioritized dealing with high meat prices and reducing beef meat imports.

All of Turkey’s wheat harvest has been completed and Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 total wheat area and production are estimated at 7.8 million hectares and 19.5 million metric tons (MMT).

Following several stagnant years, Turkey’s broiler meat production is recovering – forecast to rise 4 percent and 1 percent in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

MY 2017/18 total sunflowerseed area and production are estimated at 700,000 hectares and 1.55 million MT of which 1.45 million is oilseed and the rest confection seed.

Turkey has delayed the implementation of a Product Verification Monitoring System (PVMS) for another three months.

Depending on the location of orchards and regions, tree nut production was affected by bad weather conditions such as less rainfall in autumn 2016 and winter 2017 which led to drought....

Turkey is forecast to produce 2.5 million metric tons (MMT) of sugar in marketing year (MY) 2017/18.