Press release… Pointing out that the focus of importers, especially from Europe and the USA, to Turkey instead of the Far East, due to the post-pandemic freight and raw material prices, had a positive effect on the export figures, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) Coordinator Chair Jak Eskinazi expressed that they …

In 2019, Turkey declared Nov. 11 as National Forestation Day. People everywhere, from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to primary school students took to empty lots to plant saplings. Two years on, planting has gained newfound importance in the aftermath of this summer’s devastating wildfires. Bekir Karacabey After months of preparations, authorities …

FAO food price index rises 3% from a month ago with gains in prices of vegetable oils, cereals… Rising for a third consecutive month, world food prices rose to a new all-time high in October, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. The FAO food price index …

From Death Valley to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent to sub-Saharan Africa, global warming has already made daily life unbearable for millions of people. And if nothing is done to slow climate change, the record temperatures and deadly heatwaves it brings will only get worse, experts warn. Death Valley “Climate (change) …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) achieved an export of 1 billion 516 million dollars in October with an increase of 23 percent. EIB exported 1 billion 253 million dollars in October 2020. EIB reached an export figure of 13 billion 335 million dollars in the 10-month period of 2021, …

More than 100 global leaders pledged late on Monday to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed …

When wildfires broke out in Adana’s Kozan district last summer, Ali Gök did not abandon the saffron he had planted, not even for a day – and now the flowers have blossomed. The season’s first harvest has begun, and Gök, along with other residents of the neighborhood, is working day and …

Stating that structural changes are needed to solve the hike in food prices, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said, “Structurally, I see the most important change in contract production. In order for our farmers to be more comfortable, they need to start contracted production quickly over the years.” …