Agricultural Economy

Press release… A group of countries, including Sri Lanka, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Montenegro and the United Kingdom, announced today the “No New Coal Plant Agreement” aimed at halting the construction of new coal-fired power plants ahead of UN Climate Summit COP26. This new initiative calls on countries to commit …

Press release… Pointing out that global climate change and consumer preferences are laying the foundations of a new world, Aegean Exporters’ Association (EİB) Vice Chair Birol Celep underlined that the Green Deal, which sets out the ruleset of Europe’s new growth strategy, will affect many sectors, especially food and agriculture. …

Press release… The third edition of the European Sorghum Congress is confirmed and will be held in Toulouse, France on October 12th and 13th !Thanks to the commitment of the sorghum sector, sorghum production areas are increasing constantly. Sorghum is a diversification crop with multiple advantages for farmers, which offers many processing …

Press release… The Turkish fishery and animal products sector garnish the world’s tables for 3 meals a day, increasing its exports by 28 percent in the last year, climbing from 2 billion 350 million dollars to 3 billion dollars 6 million dollars. For the first time in the history of …

Press release… Washington – Today, National Farmers Union, a national organization advocating on behalf of nearly 200,000 American farm families and their communities, launched Fairness for Farmers. This campaign seeks to rally Americans to urge their Congressional leaders and the Biden administration to take concrete steps to curtail consolidation in agriculture, which …

Global cereal production in 2021 is forecast to reach  2 788 million tonnes, up by 0.7 percent from the year before but below July’s expectations, according to FAO’s new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released recently. World wheat output is now expected to contract by 0.7 percent to 769.5 million …

Moscow extended an embargo on foods from the United States and the European Union until December 2022, in response to several countries’ sanctions on Russia, according to a decree by President Vladimir Putin published on Monday. The import ban on dairy products, meat, fruit and vegetables, introduced in August 2014, …

Press release… Aegean food exporters, who process the flavours grown in the plains, mountains, forests and seas of Turkey and reach billions of people all over the world and catch an annual export figure of 5.5 billion dollars, are trying to increase their sustainability competencies in food exports with the …

Press release… İzmir Commodity Exchange Chairwoman Işınsu Kestelli and Assembly Speaker Barış Kocagöz made a statement on the subject after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the Paris Agreement would come to the agenda of the Parliament. Kestelli and Kocagöz said that the Paris Agreement, which is one of the …

Agriculture Minister Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli stated that thanks to the awareness created with the “Save Your Food” campaign, households have economised 100 million dollars. Speaking at the session titled “Working together to achieve the zero hunger goal: Successful projects implemented by the Ministries of Agriculture” at the G20 Agriculture Ministers …