Agricultural Economy

Ovine sacrifices worth up to 6.5 billion liras await their buyers… Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB) President Nihat Çelik said that the number of sheep and goats to be sacrificed reaches 5 million if demanded. Çelik said, “The value of 5 million sheep and goats reaches 6.5 …

As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns… Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs… Rome, 13 July 2020 – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. …

Honey exports increased by 15 percent in January-June period, Turkey has earned 13 million 81 thousand 422 dollars. According to data compiled from Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in the first half of the year, 2 thousand 984 tons of honey was exported to 39 countries and 13 million …

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 …

Press release… Vegetable oil exports from Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) to 74 countries… Aegean Grains, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association has increased its exports from 388 million dollars to 514 million dollars in a year. Vegetable oil, on the other hand, was one of the export items, which increased …

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 …

Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Vice President of Sector Board Association Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, said in a statement to reporters, Turkey’s exports in the first half of the year to Russia increased by 3 compared to the same period last year and reached …

In Malatya, where 85 percent of world dried apricot production is made, an increase of 50 percent is expected in the export of fresh apricots compared to the previous season. About 50 thousand families live on apricot production and trade in Malatya province where 8 million of the 17 million …

Press release… Çeşme is rivaling Chios in mastic gum production! Çeşme (a district of İzmir province) Municipality, which has rolled up its sleeves in order to bring the gum, which is obtained from 200 years of Gum trees, to the economy, aims to be a rival to Greece’s Chios Island. …

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade, in coordination of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and within the organization of Aegean Exporters’ Associations a virtual and sectoral food products trade mission was accomplished to United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the world’s most important re-export and logistics centres on 7-9 …