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Press release… The high air temperatures last week in dried onions and potatoes decreased the storage life of the products and increased the waste rates. So our producers have no time or strength to wait. Increasing wastage also comes out of the producer’s pocket. Considering that the harvest dates of …

In 2020 country reaped $28.3M from exports of traditional cologne, its secret weapon to ward off risk of virus… Turkey’s traditional cologne exports tripled in 2020 thanks to its signature hand disinfectant, a powerful tool used by many to ward off the threat of coronavirus. Turkey exported 6.9 million tons …

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world economic order as we know it and may be the gravest challenge that Africa’s leaders have faced since independence. Africa, like other regions, is reeling from the pandemic’s economic and social consequences. The global economic downturn is undercutting every sector of Africa’s economy. …

Press release… In the first of the “FAO Discusses” events, where FAO will discuss the future and problems of the sector with important names from the food and agriculture sector, “innovation” was the agenda. The participants underlined that the future in the agriculture and food industry is in innovation and …

Turkey is looking into solutions to help the country’s struggling restaurants and cafes, whose operations have been disrupted by the lockdown measures enacted to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Turkey’s Health Ministry is working on a formula that includes enabling eateries and cafes to open in provinces with a …

Country produced over 2.1M tonnes of chicken meat, 19.8 B units of hen eggs last year, according to TurkStat (TÜİK)… Turkey’s chicken meat production was over 2.1 million tonnes in 2020, according to data released by the country’s statistical authority on Thursday. The figure marked a 0.1% fall on an …

In January-December, cow milk production rises 3.5% y-o-y, dairy products exports up… Turkey collected over 9.8 million tons of cow milk in 2020, the country’s statistical authority announced on Thursday. Cow milk production increased by 3.5% year-on-year in the January-December period, TurkStat said in a statement. During the same period, …

Press release… The United States, which is the world’s largest food importer with 160 billion dollars annually, whets the appetite of Turkish food exporters. Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), aiming to increase the export of Turkish food products to the USA, promotes Turkish food products in the US market with the …

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) is set to present a report on ways to curb rising food prices to the authorities, an executive of the union has said. “We will convey our proposals including an array of measures to the Central Bank and the relevant ministries and we will …

The Turkish Central Bank on Feb. 4 announced its decision to form a division in charge of analyzing developments in the food and agricultural product markets. This division will “perform an early warning function by carrying out a detailed and timely analysis of data regarding the prices of food and …