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Articles & Analysis | The cutting edge: New technological advances are helping to produce and harvest crops from The Report: Turkey 2013
Robot tractors, geothermal greenhouses and cloned trees are part of the farming sector’s push to modernise, but more innovation is needed. The hot trend in the automotive industry may be self-driving cars, but a more practical and productive application has quietly taken place for years: driverless tractors. Turkey’s farmers can already turn to...
Articles & Analysis | Seeds of success: Record foreign investment is propelling modernisation of the sector from The Report: Turkey 2013
A favourable climate and proximity to both affluent Europe and the dry Middle East make Turkey a global breadbasket and a natural destination for investment. Foreign direct investment in the agriculture sector reached a record high of $2.1bn by October 2012, a 150-fold increase from a decade ago, according to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture...
Articles & Analysis | Eating well: The domestic market is projecting significant growth from The Report: Turkey 2013
The expanding population, at about 1.3% per year, and changing demographics have helped Turkey’s food and beverage sector outpace global growth and make it a key market for investment. According to state statistics, a quarter of household spending goes to food, drinks and tobacco. Worldwide, the food and beverage market is estimated to be...