Support to increase bread wheat production in Turkey

Wheat

Turkiye

Published Nov 12, 2021

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In order to increase the bread wheat production in Samsun, 3.5 tons of seed support was provided to the producer. According to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, wheat production in Turkey increased to 20.5 million tons in the 2020-21 production season. Domestic use of wheat in Turkey is approximately 18 million tons, of which 79 percent is consumed in the food industry, 13 percent in the feed industry, and 8 percent as seeds.

Original content

While Iraq, Yemen, Venezuela and Syria are the leading countries to which Turkey exports wheat and wheat products, the country to which Turkey imports the most is Russia with 61.6 percent. Wheat is more important than other agricultural products as it is the raw material of the most basic foods (bakery products, pasta, semolina, biscuits, bulgur) in human nutrition both in other countries in the world and in Turkey. That's why the COVID-19 epidemic in the world Due to the increase in demand for durable dry food products such as pasta, the demand for wheat has also increased. As of March 11, 2020, when the first case was announced in Turkey, pasta sales increased significantly compared to previous periods. According to TUIK data, while 41 percent of the total agricultural area in Turkey is cultivated with grain, wheat constitutes 44 percent of the total grain cultivated area. According to the 2020 USDA data, the self-sufficiency level of wheat in Turkey, which ranks 9th in world ...

Source: Sondakika