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Press release… Turkish export products took their place in the Turkmenistan Export Products Fair, which mediates the consumption of Turkish products in the Turkic Republics and Central Asian markets. Turkish flavours attracted great interest. Hayrettin Uçak The 11th Turkmenistan Turkish Export Products Fair, which was held in Turkmenistan/Aşkabat on 4-6 …

Press release… Regional project delivers targeted training and equipment to rural women, transforming lives The FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme project aims to empower rural women as drivers of innovation and economic growth. 4 December 2024, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – A high-level delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye visited Tajikistan …

The Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SÜT-D) has drawn attention to the impact of food waste on hunger, budgets and climate change in a statement released as part of the 16th European Waste Reduction Week. With the slogan “Let’s not throw it away, let’s reduce the budget and carbon footprint …

November, 2024 Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture is working to open the Turkish market to Kazakh meat exports. Deputy Minister Amangaly Berdalin stated that Türkiye is willing to pay nearly double the price offered by China for Kazakh beef, at 11 dollars per kilogram, reports the Times of Central Asia. Although Kazakhstan …

Press release… Türkiye and Venezuela ‘Fisheries’ Summit… The work has been accelerated under the ‘Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Fisheries and Aquaculture’ signed between the two countries due to Venezuela’s request to benefit from the experience of Türkiye in the field of fisheries, which has a …

October 2024… The goal of halving poverty by 2030 is likely to be achieved by only a third of countries at the current rate of progress. However, the concept of poverty is changing rapidly. Deprivations are no longer just economic, but also include issues such as climate change, access to …

Over the past decades, the world has seen incredible achievements in fighting hunger and poverty. In 1945, more than 55 per cent of the global population lived in extreme poverty. By 2018, only 10 per cent did. Similarly, the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries has plummeted, from one in …

The prices of Arabica coffee extended this week’s rally to reach the highest level since 1977 in trading Wednesday on concerns of limited supplies amid global output woes, caused primarily by drought in major producer, Brazil, coupled with geopolitical factors. A pound of Arabica beans listed in New York hit …

Türkiye has removed an 8 percent customs tax on imports of oil sunflower seeds within its earlier set quota, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday. The country had in August set a quota tariff of 8 percent customs tax for 1 million tonnes of …

 In a study updating provisional figures that were published last year, the FAO has said that agrifood systems face “hidden costs” amounting to 12 trillion dollars! The new numbers, released on 8 November, refine estimates that were presented in the 2023 edition of the agency’s annual report “The State of …