Agricultural Economy

According to the data compiled from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), 1,657 tons of seafood was exported to 10 countries in the first quarter of the year and 8 million 595 thousand 338 dollars were earned in return. In the same period of the previous year, 3 million …

Rome, 20 April 2020 – With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed US$40 million, and launched an urgent appeal for additional funds, to support farmers and rural communities to …

African farmers lose export market access amidst Covid-19 crisis… 16 April, 2020  According to the Impact of Coronavirus on Africa’s Agriculture April 2020 report released by Selina Wamucii, family farmers across Africa are facing economic devastation as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts exports and global food supply chains. The report provides a …

Press release… Coronavirus demonstrated the importance of agriculture… The first guest of the online press conferences organized by the Economic Correspondents’ Association (EMD) Izmir Branch via the Zoom application was Jak Eskinazi, Head of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB). While 25 economic reporters attended the meeting, the agenda and sectors …

Press release… 21 April 2020, Brussels/Rome/New York – Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises. The report by the Global Network Against Food Crises, along with …

Press release… 21 April 2020, Brussels/Rome/New York – Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises. The report by the Global Network Against Food Crises, along with …

At an international meeting where I attended three years ago in Brussels, the speech of Ellen MacArthur, a British social entrepreneur on the topic of ‘Circular economy’, which had great repercussions in the world, left a deep impression on me. Last year during the World Congress of International Federation of …

Though steady on a monthly basis, global food prices in September remained above their level in the same month last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. While sugar prices fell sharply, the decline was almost entirely offset by higher prices in vegetable oils and meats, …

Agricultural tools produced by 10 companies in Agricultural Machinery Specialized Industrial Site (TARMİSS) situated the Malazgirt district of Muş province are exported to 5 countries. 10 companies producing agricultural tools in the enterprises established within TARMİSS sell their products to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Syria and Iraq as well as domestically. …

Turkey‘s hazelnut exports jumped 75 percent in the first month of the season — September — vice president of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association said. “Around 46,000 tons of hazelnut is exported in a month,” Dursun Oğuz Gürsoy told Anadolu Agency, adding: “If we continue with this pace, we can …