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News release… Vegetable oils and dairy products push FAO Food Price Index higher… 03/02/2022 Rome – The gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalysed by supply-side constraints for vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 135.7 …

Mexico’s agro-industrial exports will reach a total of 43,6 billion USD in 2021, the highest number recorded in 29 years. In 2022 the value of Mexican agro-industrial exports is expected to reach 46 billion USD. Beer and tequila on top According to predictions by Mexico’s Central Bank, Mexico’s agri-food products …

More than 1 million seabirds die each year due to plastic waste. Every year, 381 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the world! While the use of plastic is increasing rapidly with the pandemic, the life of all living things is negatively affected. According to the report published …

As the main deadline for the 2030 targets of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy approaches, the food chain actors push for solution-oriented policies and tools setting a clear path towards an innovative and more sustainable approach for our food systems. Although the strategy’s targets to make the EU’s agri-food …

Today more than 70 leading businesses and financial institutions have called for a legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution in a pre-UNEA statement.  The statement is an indictment on the severity of our current plastic crisis, which merits immediate and concerted global efforts that tackle the problem at its root …

Consumption per household was 27 kg Stating that the sector continues to invest and grow in 2021, Peyman CEO Kaan Baral said that the packaged nuts market has reached a size of approximately 7 billion TL with the increase in consumer awareness and demand for hygienic products. Baral said, “2021 …

Eating enough vegetables increases well-being and happiness. Because vegetables contain a variety of nutrients that support overall physical health. Vegetables contain numerous micronutrients critical for optimal mental function, such as zinc, magnesium, folate and iron. They also contain antioxidants that protect the body against oxidative stress associated with depression and …

Turkish Red Crescent delegation head says organization operating in country since 2011 when Somalia suffered deadly famine… MOGADISHU, Somalia A soup kitchen in the Somali capital run by the Turkish Red Crescent feeds 3,150 people daily and distributes food to many parts of Mogadishu. The Turkish humanitarian organization has been …

Stating that the increase in plant-based products would be better for greenhouse gas emissions, Bahçeşehir University Head of Gastronomy Department Professor Dr. Y. Birol Saygı said that the food industry will change for a more sustainable world, especially in the name of population growth. Pointing out that one of the …

World-renowned barista trainer Michael de Renouard said he has not seen better quality coffee than in Turkiye as he heaped praise on Turkish baristas. Renouard said he has been to many places across the world, including southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas. “I don’t see higher quality (coffee) than in …