At the International Grain Conference 2025 (IGC), Vince Peterson, President of U.S. Wheat Associates, delivered a striking reality check: Africa will be the epicenter of global wheat demand growth and the world is not yet prepared.• In 1990, global wheat consumption was 500 million tonnes. Today, it’s 800 million.• By …
Read More »Turkish companies invited to the China International Import Expo!
Press release… China, the world’s second largest economy, which imported 2.6 trillion dollars worth of goods in 2024, is expecting more participants from Türkiye to attend the China Import Expo, which it began organising in 2018 with the aim of importing more from around the world and providing a platform …
Read More »Climate change on track to cut crop yields up to a quarter…
Climate change is on track to reduce by 11 percent in 2100 the yields that today provide two-thirds of humanity’s calories from crops, even taking into account adaptation to a warming world, scientists have said. As soon as 2050, this “moderate” scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions peak around 2040 and slowly taper …
Read More »Sugar prices hit 4-year low amid improving global supply!
Improving weather conditions in sugar-producing areas like Brazil, India factor behind price drop, experts say… A pound of sugar tested its four-year low at 0.1626 dollars on Wednesday, down 4 percent compared to the end of last month and 15 percent versus the start of the year. Expectations of an …
Read More »Acute food insecurity has worsened!
Acute Food Insecurity Has Worsened, Agencies Say… New figures show that over 295 million people faced acute food insecurity and malnutrition in 2024 – with economic shocks, conflict, climate extremes, and forced displacement among the drivers. The latest numbers show that acute hunger worsened for six years in a row, according …
Read More »Dried fig stakeholders come together at a workshop…
Press release… A workshop on dried figs was held in Türkiye’s western province of Aydın with the aim of developing the sustainable and competitive structure of the heavenly fruit, increasing its exports, and finding solutions to production and export-related problems. Mehmet Ali Işık Speaking at the ‘Dried Fig Workshop,’ Mehmet …
Read More »Every year, approximately 1 million square kilometres of fertile land becomes unusable!
Approximately 1 million square kilometres of fertile land becomes unusable each year due to desertification, with 17 June designated as the ‘World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought’ by the UN since 1994. The day aims to raise awareness about the issues of desertification, land degradation and drought, with this …
Read More »Dr. Yusuf Demir: Drought could displace 1 billion people by 2050
June, 2025, Samsun… Professor Dr. Yusuf Demir, Head of the Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation at OMÜ Faculty of Agriculture, warned that ‘According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification,’ 135 million people worldwide are expected to migrate by 2030 as a result of this process! Professor Dr. …
Read More »5 ways to support regenerative agriculture!
Ali Kındap: Türkiye’s geothermal greenhouse area could grow by 1500 percent
Press release… The ‘Sustainable Manisa Summit’ organised by Manisa Metropolitan Municipality in line with its vision to combat climate change brought together academics, civil society leaders, business representatives and local government officials from many cities across Türkiye. Ali Kındap Speaking to participants at the summit’s session titled ‘Geothermal Greenhouse Farming …
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