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The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has registered the tea produced in the Black Sea province of Rize as a “geographically indicated product” after 98 years from its first production in 1924. “Companies that want to use the registration emblem have to fulfill some quality parameters for the entire production and packaging process,” said …

Lake Marmara in the western province of Manisa, which was once a bird sanctuary, has completely dried up, and its natural balance has been disturbed, informs an expert. “In the last 30 years, the water level has gradually decreased. Today, neither a fish nor any living creature can be observed there as …

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) bought a record amount of over 5 million tonnes of wheat and over 1 million tonnes of barley this year, after the global food security rush due to both the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war. “We have stocked the grain in our own silos, in contracted licensed warehouses, …

Press release… The 2022 Ordinary General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA) was held in Muğla’s Bodrum district on October 5-8, under the organization of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB). Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu For the first time after the pandemic, 200 business people from nearly 40 countries attended …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they realized an export of 1.45 billion dollars between January and September 2022 with an increase of 38 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Emphasizing …

New Zealand’s government yesterday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly …

Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Mersin’s district Mut Chamber of Agriculture President Hıdır Kar, asking the producers to try not to collect olives these days, said, “Let’s not collect our olives until the 15th of October. Not all of our traders have arrived. The majority did not come, it did not …

Press release… In dried figs of which Türkiye is the world leader in production and export, the 2021/22 season was left behind with 70 thousand 647 tonnes of exports. The amount of foreign exchange the country obtained from dried fig exports reached to 258 million dollars. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair …

Press release… Mediterranean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ASHIB), which provided 524.8 million dollars of support to Türkiye’s 3.4 billion dollars aquaculture and animal products exports in 2021, awarded the 15 members with the highest exports from Adana province. At the ceremony, the doyen exporter, innovative product and young …

Press release… There is a call from Ödemiş, the centre of milk: “Let our milk, which is valuable while drinking, find its value when selling it. Our cows should not be slaughtered!” Mehmet Eriş, the educator mayor of Ödemiş, the district with the highest milk production in Türkiye's Aegean coast …