Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association, said in his written statement that despite the effects of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, exports from Trabzon province did not lose speed and it was almost overwhelmed by the effect of the normalization steps …

08 July 2020, Ankara, Turkey  – FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey organized a special session today with the Union of the Municipalities of Turkey (TBB) as the part of the joint SAVE YOUR FOOD campaign. Launched in May, the Campaign released Turkey’s first National Strategy and Action Plan on the Prevention …

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Yield in sugar dry bean specific to Çamoluk district of Giresun province is expected to reach 100 tons this year. Çamoluk Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Ali Tatar told Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter they will begin harvesting the geographically indicated sugar dry beans produced by traditional methods next month. Stating that …

Some bad news for chocolate lovers: the future of cocoa, which is the basis of the 100 billion dollars chocolate industry, is under threat. There are multiple factors behind this threat, from global warming to pest. The extent of the threat is so serious that some scientists think that the …

KAKAMEGA, Kenya Turkey’s state development aid agency on Sunday made a donation of equipment to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to boost food security in western Kenya. The donations are part of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) Sustainable Organic Livelihoods Enhancement Program (SOLEP), which aims …

In a written statement made by the General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR), it was stated that the second offshoot period of 2020 tea purchases started from today and 450 kilograms of tea per decare will be purchased from producers. In the statement, which informed that all purchasing teams were …

Rome – Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Food Outlook report provides the …

The 2020 year is already one of firsts for IFAJ (International Federation of Agricultural Journalists), and it’s not even half done! The Delegate Assembly was successfully held online 25 June 2020, a necessary adaptation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the Congress scheduled for Denmark was postponed to 2021. This …

According to information compiled from data of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), rapid decline in exports due to outbreak of the Covid-19 was relatively limited with 6.2 percent in the dried fruit and products industry. The sector, consisting of a total of 11 sub-items, maintained its export volume to a great …