Fertilizer

Customs inspectors from the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (AADE) discovered and seized a substantial quantity of narcotics in raw form at the Port of Piraeus. 

A cargo container arriving from Ecuador and bound for Croatia declared as fertilizer, raised suspicion. An X-ray inspection revealed sacks with varying densities, prompting further scrutiny. 

Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle.

Little could be more idyllic. Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat.

Greek consumers often pay nearly three times the price for fruits or vegetables that producers receive when the produce is harvested from the fields. However, the bulk of this price difference doesn't make its way into the pockets of the producers. In reality, producers only retain a profit equivalent to roughly 8 to 9 percent of the final consumer price.

Protesting farmers are not a "front" the government has to face but their problems do need to be addressed, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

Greenpeace has submitted 10 proposals to rekindle agricultural production on the Thessaly plain in central Greece, which was devastated by cataclysmic floods in September. 

In a bid to promote agricultural development and increase tropical fruit diversity, a project named "Hobby Garden and Tropical Fruit Promotion Center" has been initiated in the southern province of Antalya's Alanya district.

An academic has successfully developed a biotechnological fertilizer that will increase crop yields by up to 70 percent and reduce the country's foreign dependence in terms of fertilizers.

The sum of food exports from Ukraine to the world markets has reached 2.5 million tons since the establishment of the grain corridor through the Black Sea.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Aug. 20 thanked Türkiye for its "pivotal role" in the signing of the recent grain export deal.

His remarks came during a joint press conference with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar at the Joint Coordination Center. 

A forecast by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has raised concerns on an imminent decline in crop production across the country due to drought.

The data obtained show that the output of cereal products will decrease by 15 percent this year compared to last year and will be around 31.6 million tons.