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Press release… Dubai to bring together manufacturers, technology providers, investors and policymakers as the UAE envisions growth in food production, trade, and industrial capabilities UAE, September 01, 2026: The UAE’s food and beverage sector is entering a new phase of industrial growth, with the country targeting an increase in the …

September 2026… Ibrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that Türkiye ranks first in global fig production with a 28 per cent share, also a major exporter of dried figs. AYDIN… Yumaklı took part in the fig harvest at the Fig Research Institute in the district of İncirliova in …

September 2026… Press release… Şemsi Bayraktar, President of the Union of Turkish Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB), in an assessment made ahead of the new fishing season due to begin on 1 September, noted that Türkiye’s fishery production has generally shown an upward trend in recent years and expressed his hope …

August 2026… The blue economy, or the use of aquatic and coastal resources to drive economic growth, generates around US$2.5 trillion globally each year. This makes it equivalent to the world’s 7th largest economy – and spanning a wide range of sectors from fisheries and aquaculture to coastal infrastructure, maritime transport and …

August 2026… Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers Association, told an Anatolian Agency (AA) reporter that tropical fruit cultivation, which started as a hobby about 30 years ago in the district, has transformed into a commercial sector in the last 10 years. Foreign buyers want contract farming… …

August 2026… Agriculture is the oldest science in human history. However, today it is undergoing a transformation at a pace never seen before. Constraints such as a growing population, climate change, the shrinking of arable land and soil depletion will pose a major threat to the future of our agriculture. …

The balance of power in the global dairy industry is shifting rapidly. Once regarded as a low-value by-product of cheese production, whey has now become one of the sector’s most strategic and high-value-added components. Rising global demand is placing this type of protein at the centre not only of sports …

QU Dongyu spoke at the International Horticultural Congress in Japan underscoring the need for investment, innovation and stronger policies to boost the sector August 2026… Press release… Kyoto, Japan/Rome – Agriculture must move beyond a primary focus on producing sufficient quantities of food and place greater emphasis on providing the …

August 2026… The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, announced that the infrastructure of the geothermally heated greenhouse organised agricultural zone in Simav district of Kütahya province, has been completed and is ready for production. The 1,185-decare site, comprising 17 greenhouses and 8 industrial facilities, is expected to provide …

August 2026… In Muğla, Türkiye’s leading province in aquaculture and export, sea bream and sea bass fry produced in modern hatcheries are shipped abroad using specially equipped vehicles, ships and cargo planes. İhsan Bozan, Chair of the Muğla Fish Farmers’ Association and Board Member of Kılıç Holding, stated that Muğla-based …