Kazakhstan President Kasım Comert Tokayev announced that they have permanently prohibited the sale of agricultural lands in Kazakhstan to foreigners. Kazakhstan leader Kasım Comert Tokayev announced that his country has decided not to sell agricultural lands to foreigners. With this decision, the ongoing discussions on land reform plans in Kazakhstan …
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Olivier De Schutter, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Combating Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, warned that the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic pushed 250 million people around the world to the hunger threshold and the plan to end poverty by 2030 has also fallen into difficulty. Pointing out …
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EU exports 2.2M tons of chocolate in 2019… Germany was largest chocolate exporter in 2019 with 640,000 tons of exports… EU countries exported 2.2 million tons of chocolate and chocolate bars in 2019, the 27-member bloc’s statistical authority said on Tuesday. Germany was the largest chocolate exporter, selling 640,000 tons …
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Some bad news for chocolate lovers: the future of cocoa, which is the basis of the 100 billion dollars chocolate industry, is under threat. There are multiple factors behind this threat, from global warming to pest. The extent of the threat is so serious that some scientists think that the …
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Rome – Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Food Outlook report provides the …
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FAO expects new record-high global cereal production and comfortable stock levels for 2020/21, while food assistance needs up… 2 July 2020, Rome – In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven by a rebound in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations. …
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Report Highlights: India’s organic food and beverage consumption has grown in recent years due to its advanced demographic dividend, improved purchasing power and increased interest for the perceived health and wellness benefits ofcertain organic products. In market year (MY) 2019, organic food and beverage retail sales reached $69 million and …
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Press release… Agriculture’s Resilience Has Been Tested by COVID, Making Fighting Climate Change Even More Vital Than Ever, Says Syngenta Group Ipsos MORI survey: 72% of farmers have significant concerns about the impact climate change will have on their ability to grow food over the next five yearsIn Europe 46% …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan/ NEW DELHI, India/ DHAKA, Bangladesh The coronavirus pandemic is profoundly impacting the future of 600 million children in South Asia, UNICEF warned in a report. The UN agency called on governments to take immediate action to protect millions of children and families in the region. “The COVID-19 pandemic …
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17 June 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today delivered closing remarks in the final session of the Joint Meeting of the UN agency’s Programme and Finance Committees. Over the last 10 days, Members of both committees discussed programmatic and budgetary matters as well as substantive thematic work subjects …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
