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Accra, September, 2024 Ghana’s government has announced a 45-percent increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2024/2025 crop season, in a bid to curb smuggling. The policy is also designed to improve the welfare of cocoa farmers as the new season begins, said Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong. The new price, …

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı announced new strategies to enhance land use, water management and production planning during his participation in the G-20 Agriculture Ministers’ Summit in Cuiaba, Brazil. In a statement released on Friday, Yumaklı revealed that Türkiye will implement planned production practices starting this year. “We aim …

Agriculture, food, related industries contribute over $1.5T, accounting for 5.6% of US GDP, official figures show, while creating 22M jobs… The US farm bill, a package of legislation to support the country’s agriculture, stands out as a leading mechanism in agricultural production worldwide, providing farmers with financing, conservation, and more, …

‘Climate change is intensifying the impacts of pollution in the Black Sea,’ says World Bank official… The World Bank on Friday approved a grant of 6.39 million dollars for a project to reduce pollution in the Black Sea. A statement by the bank said that the Black Sea became one …

With production planning, it is aimed to grow strategic crops in the most appropriate place, optimise the use of resources, enhance productivity and agricultural output – It is aimed to strengthen the producers by preventing the farmers from experiencing marketing problems during the harvest period With the agricultural production planning …

Press release… Fresh fruit and vegetable sector enhances its strength in Southeast Asia… Fresh fruit and vegetable sector wants to grow in the Far East and Southeast Asia markets… Considering the 21st century as the ‘Asian Century’, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, which strengthens its position in the …

Press release… Turkish olive and olive oil exporters set sail for Australia… They flew 30 thousand kilometres to export Turkish olives and olive oil to Australia… Turkish olive and olive oil exporters, aiming to reach a 20 percent market share in Australia, which is the 12th economy of the world, …

Press release… WorldFood Istanbul International Food Products and Technologies Fair, which has grown by 75 percent in recent years and reached an area of 40 thousand square metres and visited by 80 thousand people this year, is rapidly running to the size of ANUGA and Dubai Gulfood Fairs, the world’s …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı announced that Aydın Söke cotton has received European Union (EU) geographical indication registration. The number of registered products increased to 27 with Söke cotton. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı announced that Aydın Söke cotton has received the European Union (EU) geographical …

Dursun Oğuz Gürsoy, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB), said that their target is to export over 300 thousand tonnes of hazelnuts in the 2024-2025 season, which started on 1 September. Oğuz Gürsoy Gürsoy stated that Turkish hazelnut has …