Agricultural Economy

The winners of the 2024 Agricultural Writers SA Awards (AWSA), held at the Centurion Lake Hotel on 21 November, have been announced. 2024 AWSA New Entrant to Commercial Agriculture of the Year. Pictured: Andries Wiese, national business development manager at Hollard, one of the event sponsors, and Thulani and Nicole …

October 2024… The goal of halving poverty by 2030 is likely to be achieved by only a third of countries at the current rate of progress. However, the concept of poverty is changing rapidly. Deprivations are no longer just economic, but also include issues such as climate change, access to …

Important emphasis on agriculture sector by the World Bank Country Director for Türkiye! Humberto Lopez, World Bank Country Director for Türkiye, drew attention to the importance of the country’s agricultural sector and stated that 15 percent of the labour force is in this sector and that it provides an annual …

The potential of drones to transform agriculture in Kazakhstan was a key topic at a government meeting on November 26. Officials discussed the environmental and economic advantages of adopting agro-drones over traditional spraying equipment. International examples demonstrate that agro-drones can significantly reduce water usage, lower CO2 emissions, and access hard-to-reach …

Over the past decades, the world has seen incredible achievements in fighting hunger and poverty. In 1945, more than 55 per cent of the global population lived in extreme poverty. By 2018, only 10 per cent did. Similarly, the proportion of undernourished people in developing countries has plummeted, from one in …

Press release… Great pride for Izmir Chamber of Commerce… First ‘Chamber of Commerce’ to calculate carbon footprint… Izmir Chamber of Commerce, which continues to work to set an example for its members regarding the European Green Deal Harmonisation Process, became the first Chamber of Commerce in Türkiye to calculate and …

The 38th Asia-Pacific Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) Conference was held in Singapore on November 11-12, 2024. Food Scientist (MSc) and biologist (PhD) Dr. Aslı Samancı added a new success to her national and international career and been awarded Asia-Pacific Woman Entrepreneur Award by The Confederation of …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that the sufficiency rate in red meat is 95 percent and that they have started a fattening calf production mobilisation in order to meet the remaining 5 percent with domestic facilities, and called on the private sector to establish breeding meat enterprises. …

The prices of Arabica coffee extended this week’s rally to reach the highest level since 1977 in trading Wednesday on concerns of limited supplies amid global output woes, caused primarily by drought in major producer, Brazil, coupled with geopolitical factors. A pound of Arabica beans listed in New York hit …

Türkiye has removed an 8 percent customs tax on imports of oil sunflower seeds within its earlier set quota, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday. The country had in August set a quota tariff of 8 percent customs tax for 1 million tonnes of …