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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 …

Cultivation areas across Turkey have narrowed dramatically over the recent years, while hikes in food prices on a global scale are making it harder to import agricultural products, a former official has warned. “We have 15.3 million hectares [153,000 square kilometers] of lands under cultivation and 2 million hectares of non-cultivated lands. Thus, …

“We will pay a total of 24 billion liras for agricultural support in 2021” Underlining that they will pay 24 billion TL in agricultural support this year, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said, “Agricultural support has increased by 65 percent in the last 3 years. We will pay …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is implementing new projects for the effective and efficient use of water in agricultural production. One of these, the Digital Irrigation Management System Development Project has been on the agenda as of this year. A digital irrigation system will be set up to evaluate …

European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tonnes by 2030… The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the “From Farm to Table” European strategy is …

Press release… Yağcı: “The decrease in exchange rates causes our products to be exported cheaply” Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that the dollar exchange rate, which entered 2021 at the level of 7.43 TL, declined to 7.05 on February 5, …

Press release… Celep: “We expect the exchange rate to ensure the continuation of value-added exports” Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) members exported 5.1 billion dollars of agricultural products in 2020 with an increase of 4 percent. “We …

Press release… With the support of the Ministry of Trade, the second online training was held within the scope of the Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) Bursa Black Fig Product Development (Ur-Ge) Project. The training provided by Marketing Strategies and Brand Management Consultant and Trainer Dr. Zeynep …