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Press release… Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International (MSRE) 2021 Fair, in which Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) participated with the support of Guangzhou Commercial Attaché, was held in Guangzhou, China between 24-26 September. Birol Celep, Vice Chair of Aegean Exporters’ Associations and President of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products …

FAO Food Price Index up 1.2% month-on-month with tightening supply conditions, robust demand for staples… Building from a two-month rise, global food prices in September hit their highest monthly average since October 2011, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday. The monthly FAO Food Price Index …

Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2021/22 sunflower seed area and production is estimated at 760,000hectares and 1.75 million metric tons (MMT) respectively. Turkey continued imports of sunflower seedsto meet stable demand. Accordingly, during the first eleven months (Sept-July) of MY 2020/21, oilseedsunflower seed imports were 899,000 MT, sunflower seed meal imports …

Press release… Viorel Gutu, Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Turkey emphasized that hunger and malnutrition are on the rise and that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still reverberating around the world. 7 October 2021, Virtual event – In the context of celebrations to mark World …

Turkey is set to initiate the “Cold Chain Financing Support Programme” with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization (KOSGEB), seeking to reduce vegetable and fruit waste at a time when inflation is causing upward pressure on food prices, the country’s industry and technology minister said Wednesday. Mustafa Varank, along …

Press release… Fresh fruit, vegetable and fruit and vegetable products sector quickens its steps with the Netherlands and Belgium, which are among the most important importers of the world. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which realized 813 million dollars of exports with an increase of 14 percent …

Stating that the most important agenda of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector is market diversity, Nejdat Sin, Chairperson of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that efforts in this direction were reflected in the August reports. Evaluating Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in August according …

. One third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tones — gets lost or wasted.• Cities occupy just 3% of the world’s land but account for 60 to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and 75% of natural resources consumed• 95% …

Press release… European Union Delegation to Turkey and United Nations Development Programme… A new EUR 9.2 million facility funded by the EU and constructed by UNDP provides green solutions to help the municipality meet daunting challenges in waste management Gaziantep, 5 October 2021 – A state-of-the-art waste management facility that …

‘Agriculture by water’ will be done, excessive water consumption will be prevented… Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli stated that more emphasis will be given to the modernisation of irrigation systems and “agriculture by water” will be carried out, Bekir Pakdemirli Pakdemirli said, “We have accelerated the works for the …