BEE’O Propolis Founder, Woman Entrepreneur Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı Receives an Award from America! Launching the native propolis production for the first time in Turkey, while introducing propolis of Anatolia to the world, the creator of BEE’O brand, Food Engineer Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı was featured by Women’s Entrepreneurship Magazine …

Message from the President & CEO – April 22, 2020 Dear Partner – The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that in Africa COVID-19 could surge from just thousands now to 10 million in three to six months. Over the past week, cases in Africa have doubled. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …

“Organic agriculture costs the planet greatly!” Sabancı University Lecturer Dr. Selim Çetiner said that in order to provide sufficient and high quality nutrients to the world population, which is expected to be 10 billion in 2050, maximum efficiency should be obtained from the unit area and this should be done …

According to the data compiled from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), 1,657 tons of seafood was exported to 10 countries in the first quarter of the year and 8 million 595 thousand 338 dollars were earned in return. In the same period of the previous year, 3 million …

Huge campaign in trout… The “Life at Home, Fish at the Table” campaign, launched with the cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and the Association of Aquaculture Breeders, continues. As of yesterday trout took its place on the benches from 18.90 lira. The campaign will continue until tomorrow. Turkey …

We are in the days when the local production, the value of the soil, the domestic seed and the need to fight for it are once again understood. The coronavirus reminded us of the importance of our food needs as well as healthcare and drug supply… Neptün Soyer, who is …

Rome, 20 April 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed US$40 million, and launched an urgent appeal for additional funds, to support farmers and rural communities to …

African farmers lose export market access amidst Covid-19 crisis… 16 April, 2020  According to the Impact of Coronavirus on Africa’s Agriculture April 2020 report released by Selina Wamucii, family farmers across Africa are facing economic devastation as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts exports and global food supply chains. The report provides a …

Press release… Coronavirus demonstrated the importance of agriculture… The first guest of the online press conferences organized by the Economic Correspondents’ Association (EMD) Izmir Branch via the Zoom application was Jak Eskinazi, Head of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB). While 25 economic reporters attended the meeting, the agenda and sectors …

Press release… 21 April 2020, Brussels/Rome/New York – Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises. The report by the Global Network Against Food Crises, along with …