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Press release… The second World Sorghum Conference took place between June 5th and 9th in Montpellier and was attended by over four hundred participants from around the world. Farming industry operators, economists, and researchers made presentations or contributed to the hundreds of materials showcased during the five days of the event. The Sorghum …

TÜRİB: The decision to cancel the Grain Corridor will have minimal impact on Türkiye Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB) General Manager Ali Kırali, regarding the effect of Russia’s withdrawal from the Grain Corridor Agreement on Türkiye, said, “Turkish Grain Board (TMO) is trying to manage abundance due to the measures taken …

Russia’s exit from a breakthrough deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely from its seaports via the Black Sea could drive global grain prices up by 10%-15%, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Tuesday but said it was continuing to assess the situation. The Black Sea grain deal had …

July 2023 will probably be the world’s hottest month in “hundreds, if not thousands, of years,” top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday (20 July). This month has already seen daily records shattered according to tools run by the European Union and the University of Maine, which combine ground and …

Russia on Monday announced it had halted an unprecedented wartime deal allowing the grain to safely flow from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry, a fresh threat to global food security. Moscow will suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its …

Small-scale farmers in developing countries produce one third of the world’s food. But today they are only one flood, one drought or one failed harvest away from ruin. To stem the impact of climate change on food security and to reduce poverty, IFAD is calling for more investment in rural …

The landmark initiative safeguarding exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, crucial in alleviating a global food crisis sparked by the Russian invasion, has been the subject of grueling talks to get Moscow to agree to its renewal. Set to expire late Monday, the deal brokered by the United …

In the first herbarium established after the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye, situated in the capital Ankara, approximately 250,000 species of dried plant samples are being meticulously preserved through pressing and storing. Tuğrul Körüklü The “ANK Herbarium” was founded in 1933 by the German botanist Kurt Krause and his …

Press release… Overwhelming support confirms second term as head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations QU Dongyu was today re-elected to a second term as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In ballot by FAO member countries, Qu received a …

Press release… International quotations for all major cereals decline, but high domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries… Rome – The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined again in June, led by price decreases for all major cereals and most types of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …