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Press release… 16 October World Food Day… Şemsi Bayraktar, Chairman of Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) made a written statement on the occasion of World Food Day and said, “According to FAO data, 828 million people were malnourished and starved in 2021. Again in 2021, approximately 2.3 billion people …

2022 finds us with an ongoing pandemic, conflicts, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices and international tensions. This is affecting global food security. We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food. No one should be left behind! Although we …

Türkiye ranked first in the world’s largest food fair with the number of participating companies! Türkiye came first in SIAL Paris, one of the world’s largest food and beverage fairs, with national participation from 119 countries, with the attendance of 345 companies. Sial Paris Fair, one of the largest international …

The Middle East is beatified with the highest rate of deposit minerals as home to over 80% of oil and 40% of gas deposits globally. Despite these blessings and natural resources, the region is unable to meet its food needs due to a lack of arable land, a shortage of …

Press release… The 2022 Ordinary General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA) was held in Muğla’s Bodrum district on October 5-8, under the organization of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB). Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu For the first time after the pandemic, 200 business people from nearly 40 countries attended …

New Zealand’s government yesterday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly …

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his team are working to extend the Ukraine grain deal, which was mediated by the world body and Türkiye, and could expire next month. Antonio Guterres “We’re trying to remove the uncertainty to ensure that people are publicly saying that ‘yes, this will …

FAO food price index declines 1.1% month-on-month, led by lower vegetable oil prices… Global food prices decreased for a sixth month in a row in September, led by lower vegetable oil prices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. Averaging 136.3 points last month, the FAO food price …

Coffee prices in the EU were up 16.9% year-on-year in August, according to the latest figures from the bloc’s statistical office. The soaring cost has made “this morning staple almost a luxury,” Eurostat said in a report released on Thursday. The price of fresh whole milk was also on average …