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“Our goal is to export 10 billion dollars worth of fresh fruit, vegetables and products!”

Press release… Stating that they told the world that safe food is produced from seed to fork in Anatolian lands through URGE (Development of International Competitiveness) Projects, Hayrettin Uçak, Head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and vegetable Exporters’ Associations (EYMSİB), said, “We were the first exporter association to initiate the …

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“Ninety-seven percent of the seeds are produced in the country”

Türkiye is in the top 10 across the world! Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that Türkiye is among the top 10 countries in the world in seed production and said, “97 kilograms of every 100 kilograms of seeds used in Türkiye are produced in the soil of …

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Dr. Nuray Şahinler: Global climate change negatively affects bees!

It has been noted that due to the warm winter months caused by global climate change, bees do not hibernate, they physiologically age and mass colony losses occur because of the fact that they leave the hive and start working. Dr. Nuray Şahinler Professor Dr. Nuray Şahinler, Lecturer of Faculty …

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Dr. Müjdeci: One third of total food is wasted across the world!

“According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation report, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year in the world, which represents one third of the total food produced for human consumption,” said Dr. Gamze Nur Müjdeci, Lecturer at the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hitit …

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Australia uproots millions of grape vines due to overproduction!

The worldwide decline in wine consumption has had a particularly negative impact on Australia, as demand for its largest product, cheap red wines, has fallen sharply. In Australia, millions of vines are being uprooted because of overproduction, which is depressing grape prices and threatening the livelihoods of winemakers. Andrew Calabria …

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Türkiye is losing its competitiveness in salmon exports!

The negative effect of foreign currency in exports started to be reflected in the aquaculture sector. It is stated that due to the high production costs in Türkiye, especially Turkish salmon exports slowed down, could not compete in the market and started to move away from the market. Türkiye is …

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Cocoa prices nearly double on supply concerns in 3-month period!

Prices on New York Mercantile Exchange rises above $9,600 per ton to all-time high… BERLIN… Cocoa prices have nearly doubled in three months to record highs, influenced by the decline in global supply.  Prices hit a historic high as weather conditions in West Africa put chocolate producers in a difficult …

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Mustafa Altuğ Atalay: Fisheries production reached 1 million tonnes last year

Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stated that a record was broken last year in fish farming and hunting products and said, “Last year, nearly 1 million tonnes of fish were obtained. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay “This year we have a …

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Mehmet Ali Işık: Türkiye’s food exports to the US have doubled in the last 5 years

Press release… Turkish food exporters returned from the USA with new commercial contacts… Aegean food exporters, the leader of Türkiye’s food exports, held their third major exhibition organisation in the first quarter of 2024 in Anaheim, California, United States of America. Turkish food exporters participated in the Natural Products Expo …

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Fatih Başoğlu: Turkish engineers bring a first in the agriculture sector

Press release… First and Only Domestic Automatic Steering System “AgroTOD” Project Completed… Agrotod, Türkiye’s first and domestic automatic steering system, received support within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1507 SME R&D Start-up Support Programme in 2021 and R&D studies have started. AgroTOD provides the opportunity to eliminate human errors in agriculture. …

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