Press release… Experts, food business operators, and decision makers from Europe and Central Asia gather in Istanbul to discuss solutions to food loss and waste… FAO, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye, the Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security (ECO-RCCFS), and with …

Over 141 million people in the Arab world are exposed to food insecurity, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned Monday. Kristalina Georgieva Georgieva, speaking at a conference in Riyadh, said that the IMF will add its voice to fight food trade restrictions in order to ease the …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that dried apricot exports reached 375 million dollars. Işık stated that they achieved a spike of 56 percent in Asia-Oceania and Far East countries. Mehmet Ali Işık Türkiye exported a total of 80 thousand 763 …

Press release… Intense interest in the Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector in Russia Fresh fruit and vegetable exporters laid the groundwork for new collaborations in Russia, as the main market… WorldFood Moscow Fair, which was held for the 31st time between 20-23 September 2022 in Moscow, the capital of …

Tahir Göktepe, Chairperson of Türkiye’s Mediterranean province Antalya’s district Alanya Chamber of Agriculture and tropical fruit producer Mustafa Ezici along with businessman Mirbey Adam, who has been exporting fresh vegetables and fruits in Germany for nearly 40 years, evaluated the recent situation and how Türkiye could turn its potential into …

Turkish group of companies has designed a container farming system that enables the cultivation of all kinds of crops, regardless of climate and weather or amount of daylight, amid growing concerns over the course of climate change-related uncertainties. The container plant factory is equipped with systems that have all been …

Rise in gas and power prices leads to fear of shortages in agriculture sector due to lower fertilizer production… Market experts expect fertilizer shortages in Europe due to a halt in production on the heels of natural gas price increases. European countries are struggling with rapidly rising natural gas and …

The UN General Assembly, on 19 December 2019, designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (A/RES/74/209). In the resolution, the UNGA recognized that the observance of the International Day would contribute significantly to raising awareness of the importance of the problem and its …

FAO and the World Economic Forum go to cooperation… FAO and WEF cooperation envisages the transformation of agriculture and food systems within the framework of sustainability with the contribution of the private sector. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) signed …

Press release… Those who shape the world spice gather in the Aegean with a busy agenda… The 2022 Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA), one of the three most important organizations that shape the spice industry worth 20 billion dollars in the world, will be held …