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The 2020 year is already one of firsts for IFAJ (International Federation of Agricultural Journalists), and it’s not even half done! The Delegate Assembly was successfully held online 25 June 2020, a necessary adaptation due to the coronavirus pandemic after the Congress scheduled for Denmark was postponed to 2021. This …

Whether you prefer hot cocoa drinks, dark chocolate bars, gooey brownies or truffle cakes, chocolate provides something for all people. World Chocolate Day celebrated on July 7 is all about celebrating perhaps the finest creation of humankind. If there ever was anything that everyone unanimously agreed upon, it would be …

“The penalty for illegal tobacco trade will positively affect our exports” Ömer Umur, Chairman of the Board of Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association, said, “The application, which came into force on July 1 and imposed a prison sentence for ‘the sale of macaron or leaf cigarette paper with minced tobacco stuffed’, …

Turkey’s state-run aid body provided support to Mongolia’s agriculture, the agency said in a written statement on Thursday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Mongolia Agricultural University Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology carried out an agricultural project in the country, it said. As part …

Press release… Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat made a call to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for neglected agricultural lands and said, “We have to protect the unsown agricultural lands.” Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akhisar Commodity Exchange, said …

Press release… The Izmir Commodity Exchange (İTB) Ordinary Assembly Meeting was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 through video conferencing and with the broad participation of the Assembly Members. Addressing the Assembly Members, Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board, said that Turkey displayed a unique combat against this pandemic that …

The relationship between frozen food and coronavirus has no scientific basis! There is no scientific study behind the claim of Chinese Professor Li Lanjuan that the virus could be preserved for 20 years at minus 20 degrees. Such claims, which have no scientific basis in the outbreak, feed false information, …

Izmir Chamber of Agricultural Engineers Chairman of the Board Dr. Tevfik Türk stated that production and agriculture had difficulties before and after the pandemic. Dr. Türk said, “The only solution is the change of going to public-based policies.” Emphasizing the need to draw lessons from the coronavirus epidemic and take …

Food industry took the first place with 24 companies in the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO) in the list of 100 Major Industrial Establishments by 2019 from Production to Sales. Stating that production and exports are the future of Turkey, EBSO President Ender Yorgancılar said, “Agriculture and agro-based industries …

Stubble Fires; It is a National Issue… The fight against stubble fires, which reduce soil yield and kill living creatures in the soil, has become the policy of the state in recent years. On the one hand, those who burn stubble are punished by the relevant articles of the Turkish …