Agricultural Economy

Press release… 43 percent increase in agricultural exports…Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector breaks records every month… Aegean Grain Pulses Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, which was the export increase record holder of the Aegean Region in 2019 and 2020, broke a new record in June. Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector …

Press release… Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat made a call to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for neglected agricultural lands and said, “We have to protect the unsown agricultural lands.” Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akhisar Commodity Exchange, said …

FAO expects new record-high global cereal production and comfortable stock levels for 2020/21, while food assistance needs up… 2 July 2020, Rome – In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven by a rebound in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations. …

Turkey exported 203 thousand 504 tons of seedless raisin, the season of which began on September 1, 2019 until June 13, 2020 while 421 million dollars of foreign currency income earned in return. Raisin exports decreased by 4 percent in quantity compared to the previous season, while the fall in …

Trabzon Commodity Exchange Assembly President Sebahattin Arslantürk said, “I think the pandemic will have a negative impact on the next season rather than this season in terms of hazelnut exports.” Stating that there may be a decline in exports, Arslantürk explained, “Decreasing of the yield will also minimize negative effects …

Report Highlights: India’s organic food and beverage consumption has grown in recent years due to its advanced demographic dividend, improved purchasing power and increased interest for the perceived health and wellness benefits ofcertain organic products. In market year (MY) 2019, organic food and beverage retail sales reached $69 million and …

Press release… The Izmir Commodity Exchange (İTB) Ordinary Assembly Meeting was held on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 through video conferencing and with the broad participation of the Assembly Members. Addressing the Assembly Members, Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board, said that Turkey displayed a unique combat against this pandemic that …

The relationship between frozen food and coronavirus has no scientific basis! There is no scientific study behind the claim of Chinese Professor Li Lanjuan that the virus could be preserved for 20 years at minus 20 degrees. Such claims, which have no scientific basis in the outbreak, feed false information, …

Izmir Chamber of Agricultural Engineers Chairman of the Board Dr. Tevfik Türk stated that production and agriculture had difficulties before and after the pandemic. Dr. Türk said, “The only solution is the change of going to public-based policies.” Emphasizing the need to draw lessons from the coronavirus epidemic and take …

Dr. Senih Yazgan, Vice President of Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) said, “We turned the demand for food into an advantage.” Stating that the epidemic created significant changes in the global food market, Dr. Yazgan explained, “When people went to the markets during the pandemic, they first …