Press release… Designated by the UN, the Year will highlight women’s essential roles and push for global action to tackle the structural barriers they face 05/12/2025 Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday launched The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global campaign aimed at …
Read More »FAO Food Price Index declines in November for third consecutive month…
Press release… International food commodity price trends reflect broadly abundant global supplies and intensifying exporter competition… 05/12/2025 Rome – World food commodity prices declined in November, led by lower international quotations for all major staple foods except cereals, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …
Read More »Bodrum’s Çökertme Kebab on global gastronomy list!
Bodrum, one of Türkiye’s leading tourism destinations, once again highlights the culinary prestige of its registered çökertme kebab by securing the seventh spot on an international gastronomy ranking. Prepared in the Milas and Bodrum regions, the dish features beef cooked with special spices, served over matchstick-thin fried potatoes and topped with tomato sauce, with …
Read More »Istanbul selected to host 20th World Water Congress in 2027!
Türkiye’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumakli received the International Water Resources Association flag from Moroccan Minister of Public Works and Water Nizar Baraka on Thursday, officially marking Istanbul as the host city for the 20th World Water Congress in 2027. Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said that …
Read More »Innovators by Nature opens today in Brussels…
Press release… When nature meets innovation: Europe’s Landowners and entrepreneurs gather todemonstrate sustainable innovation Brussels, 3 December 2025 – Innovators by Nature opens today at ACE Events in Brussels,bringing together landowners, policy makers, investors and environmental innovators fromacross Europe. Organised by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and Friends ofthe Countryside, …
Read More »COP30 places agriculture at the centre of climate action!
COP30 marked a turning point. For the first time at a climate conference of this scale, agrifood systems and the direct participation of rural and Indigenous communities occupied a central place in negotiations and in the global narrative. This shift represented an explicit acknowledgment that agriculture —and the people who …
Read More »The best “Cheese” book of the last 30 years is from Türkiye!
Our book, “I Live in Türkiye, I Know What I Eat – CHEESE,” was named “Best in the World” at the Gourmand Awards 2025 and has been named the Best Cheese Book of the Last 30 Years! Berrin Bal Onur This remarkable success of our book, published by Vakıfbank Kültür …
Read More »Türkiye’s aquaculture industry makes waves in global markets with Turkish salmon surge!
Delving into Türkiye’s aquaculture industry as they continue to take centre stage worldwide with record breaking seafood exports… Türkiye has emerged as a major player in the global aquaculture sector, with its seafood exports reaching record-breaking levels thanks to rapid growth in fish farming and a strong focus on sustainability. …
Read More »ELO hopes the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy sets a turn point for faster decarbonisation…
Press release… Brussels, 28 November 2025 — The European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) welcomes thepublication of the new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomyand a clearer recognition that agriculture and forestry are central to Europe’s shift awayfrom fossil-based products. As Europe faces growing climate, energy and competitiveness pressures, …
Read More »The Mediterranean and the Black Sea: Fisheries sustainability concerns remain, but overfishing drops to its lowest level in a decade, while aquaculture feeds more people
Press release… New report by FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean reveals strong advances in sustainability and recovery of key stocks… 28/11/2025 Rome – Although fisheries sustainability in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea remains a source of concern, the percentage of overfished stocks has dropped to its lowest level …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
