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Idle capacity in Turkish flour industry reaches almost 50 percent!

Wheat production in Türkiye was 22 million tonnes last year. This year, this production is expected to surge. The abundant and accessible raw material for the sector, which ramps up wheat production every year, plays an important role both in the smooth realisation of the product supply in the domestic …

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Campaigners pressure member states for ambitious food waste reduction targets!

No time or food to waste in the EU… With around 10% of the food made available to EU consumers going down the drain – and just six years to meet the 2030 UN target of halving food waste – it is fair to say that there is neither time …

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Türkiye leads Europe in livestock assets!

Türkiye has left European countries behind in bovine and ovine livestock. In the last 22 years, the number of bovine cattle in the country has soared by 69 percent and the number of ovine cattle by 40 percent. While France, Germany, Romania and Spain, the most important countries of Europe …

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Türkiye, the world’s 4th largest fruit producer!

Türkiye ranks fourth in the world with an annual fruit production of 25 million tonnes. The report highlighted cherries, apricots and figs as the main fruits produced in Türkiye, which are grown in Anatolia and near the Aegean coast. Cherry The March 2024 report by technology platform GeeksforGeeks listed the …

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“As food exporters of Türkiye, we create the brand of TFE”

Press release… Food Exporters of Türkiye – We created the brand of TFE (TGİ)… Muhammet Öztürk, Head of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that they have created the brand of Turkish Food Exporters -TFE (TGİ). Emphasising that the 2023/2024 period was a year in …

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Next-generation farming, sowing the seeds of data-driven agritech success…

From seeds to satellites, agriculture has come a very long way. Today’s farms increasingly deploy drone technology, 5G mobility, and soil monitoring solutions from the deep tech sector. Farmers are adapting to AI as the agrifood and tech sectors blend ripe innovations. [Shutterstock] Farmers are adapting to AI as the …

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FAO trims wheat forecast for 2024!

03/05/2024 Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. 2024 wheat forecast trimmed… FAO also …

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Turkish fruit, vegetable and products exporters to be on the world stage in Izmir…

Press release… Aegean exporters, who exported fresh, dried, frozen and canned fruits and brought 2.4 billion dollars of foreign currency to Türkiye in the last 1-year period, boosted their target with the arrival of Interfresh Eurasia Fair in Izmir. Fruit exporters have increased their export targets for 2028 to 3.5 …

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Global rice market stable but remains vulnerable to dry weather risk!

Global rice supplies have steadied following last year’s surge, but the market still faces exposure to potential dry weather risks induced by El Nino, according to a senior executive at commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Co. Rice prices in key Asian export hubs have eased in recent weeks after climbing last year …

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Global food prices jump in April for 2nd month; FAO

World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in vegetable oils and cereals outweighed declines in sugar and dairy products, the United Nations’ food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most …

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