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Muhammet Öztürk: Türkiye aims to reach 1 billion dollars in pasta exports

Press release… Pasta, which harmonises well with cheese, chicken, fish, tomatoes, minced meat, spices and sauces, is among the important export products of Türkiye. Muhammet Öztürk In the 9-month period of 2024, Türkiye ramped up its pasta exports by 9 percent from 606 million dollars to 659 million dollars and …

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“FİSKOBİRLİK is in great danger!”

Nurittin Karan, Head of the Giresun Chamber of Agriculture, made important statements claiming that FISKOBİRLİK (Union of Hazelnut Agriculture Sales Cooperative) was mismanaged and decisions were taken to close the co-operatives. Nurittin Karan According to Karan, the organisation is on the verge of a serious crisis and its future faces …

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Ferhat Gürüz: Russia, Iraq and Germany are our leading markets

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated that the European Union ranked first with a share of 40.5 percent in the fresh fruit and vegetable market in September, the Middle East countries had a share of 25.7 …

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Batuhan İnanlar; millions of followers, millions of mistakes and information pollution on social media

Food Engineer Batuhan İnanlar stated that accounts with millions of followers can distort the facts with content that has not been questioned for the sake of more interaction and gain, arguments that do not have fields. “This situation supports the rapid spread of misinformation with economic benefits and causes damage …

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World Bank: Global food demand to increase 60 percent in coming decades!

World Bank doubles agribusiness commitment to 9B dollars annually… Financial institution expects global food demand to increase 60 percent in coming decades… The World Bank Group announced Wednesday it is doubling its agri-finance and agribusiness commitments to 9 billion dollars annually by 2030 to create a comprehensive ecosystem for the …

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Mandarine accounts for 52 percent of all citrus exports!

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, disclosed that Türkiye gets 5 percent share from tangerine production worldwide. “In 2023, mandarine was the most exported product in Türkiye’s exports of fresh fruit and vegetable products with an amount of 576 million dollars. In …

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1.1 billion people in the world live in extreme poverty!

According to the report updated by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), more than 1 billion people in the world, more than half of them children, live in acute poverty. While 584 million people under the age of 18 live in extreme poverty, the rate of those suffering from extreme poverty …

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Berrak Birgili writes; Evaluation of agricultural forestry in terms of traditional agricultural knowledge

Agroforestry is an important production technique implemented in many parts of the world for commercial purposes for the capitalist world and for subsistence for small farmers. The fact that it is a production technique approved in the Kyoto Protocol as the only production system that can be flexible to climate …

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Ece Yücel writes; The impact of geographical indication products in sustainable rural development

Türkiye has a rich agricultural and cultural structure with its different geographical and climatic characteristics. This situation allows for the growth of various endemic plant species. This diversity enables the emergence of local products that directly represent certain geographies. Local products not only reflect the cultural heritage of the region …

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Ilgın Hasırcıoğlu: Frozen bread reduces waste!

According to data from the Turkish Food Employers’ Association (TÜGİS), approximately 12 million loaves of bread are wasted every day in Türkiye. Half of this waste occurs in homes, while the other half occurs at out-of-home consumption points such as restaurants, hotels, canteens and dining halls. This wastage, caused by …

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