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Chairperson of Turkish National Pulses Council (UBK) Abdullah Özdemir said that Turkey has become a net exporter by making foreign sales of pulses worth 973 million dollars in the last three years. Özdemir also stated that a foreign trade surplus of 125 million dollars occurred during this period. Noting that …

Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB) Chairperson Nihat Çelik said that he asked for the disclosure of profiteers who increase food prices because of the Ramadan and to be given the most severe punishment to these people. In his written statement, Çelik pointed out that despite the measures …

Press release… Turkish aquaculture and animal products sector is happy by exceeding 2.5 billion dollars in exports in the last year. The Turkish aquaculture and animal products sector, which aims to export 3 billion dollars in 2023, carried its exports from 2 billion 436 million dollars to 2 billion 523 …

BESD-BİR announced that there were negative news about the price hikes regarding white meat products at certain times of the year and asked that the evaluations on the price of chicken meat be made on the whole chicken. The Association of Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders (BESD-BİR) made a statement …

It was reported that undercover banana production rose by 3.5 times in the last 5 years in Turkey during the “Banana E-Workshop” held in Antalya province. According to the statement made by the Antalya Commodity Exchange, the “Banana E-Workshop”, which was organized online in cooperation with the Antalya Agriculture and …

Making a statement on food waste, İstanbul Commodity Exchange (İSTİB) Vice Chairman Hakkı İsmet Aral said that they aim to prevent 3 billion dollars of food waste in two years. It began to speed up works against food wastage in Turkey. Stating that Istanbul Commodity Exchange started its studies on …

The amount of organic land and sales of organic produce continue to climb and have hit a new record high, according to the report “The world of organic agriculture. Statistics & emerging trends 2021”,  published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International.   In …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), said that they made an export of 353.4 million dollars with an increase of 21 percent in the first quarter of 2021, while they managed to catch significant gains in …

According to the reports of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1.1 billion tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables were produced worldwide in 2018. The share of tomatoes in this production was recorded as 182 million tonnes. China takes the first place with 61.6 million tonnes in global …

On March 25, 2021, the European Commission published the EU Organic Action Plan for 2021-2030. As part of the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Action Plan aims to increase organic agriculture in the EU and to have at least 25 percent of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by …