Agricultural Economy

Press release… November 2023… The fish welfare report titled “Electrical Strike System Türkiye Review” prepared by Future for Fish, Türkiye’s first and only fish welfare programme run by the Association for the Protection of Farm Animals, was launched on 17 November at the Doubletree by Hilton Airport Hotel in Izmir. …

Turkish chef Ebru Baybara Demir received the Basque Culinary World Prize 2023 award, which is called the ‘Nobel of the gastronomy world’, at a ceremony held in Spain. Demir was awarded for her significant contributions to gastronomy in the fields of cultural integration, social development and biodiversity through her expertise …

Press release… China International Import Expo was a success… Turkish exporters successfully left China’s largest import fair behind. 15 Turkish companies worked overtime to ramp up Türkiye’s exports to China at China’s most prestigious fair, China International Import Expo 2023 (CIIE), held for the 6th time in Shanghai, China on …

Türkiye’s annual waste amount reached 110 million tonnes! The amount of waste generated in manufacturing industry workplaces, mining enterprises, thermal power plants, OIZs and households in Türkiye increased from 104.7 million tonnes in 2020 to 109.2 million tonnes in 2022. In the same period, the amount of waste generated by …

Press release… Chicken meat production, which was 203 thousand 60 tonnes in the previous month, decreased by 5.7 percent to 191 thousand 454 tonnes in September 2023, while egg production, which was 1 billion 759 million 824 thousand units, surged by 0.2 percent to 1 billion 763 million 340 thousand …

Press release… OCTOBER ABUNDANCE IN FRESH FRUIT EXPORTS… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in October reached 314 million dollars with an increase of 31 percent compared to the same period …

Press release… Türkiye exports sea bass and sea bream fresh and Turkish salmon and trout frozen…The world likes Turkish sea bass and sea bream fresh and Turkish salmon and trout frozen… Sea bass and sea bream 73 per cent of sea bass and 78 per cent of sea bream were …

New Reports Urge Action on Hidden Costs, Farm Support… A major new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found that the agrifood system imposes “hidden costs” of at least USD 10 trillion – while the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published new analysis showing support to …

Coca-Cola, Danone and Nestle have been complained to the EU Commission for misleading consumers with the claim of “100 per cent recyclable plastic water bottles”. The basis of the complaint is that plastic bottles cannot technically be made from fully recycled materials, hence “greenwashing”… Presenting something as more environmentally friendly, …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı answered the questions and criticisms of the deputies during the budget negotiations of his ministry in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) Plan and Budget Commission. Stating that the total debt of farmers is 535 billion liras, Yumaklı said, “While the ratio …