Press release… The Turkish Tastes Turquality project, carried out by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) in the US market with the support of the Ministry of Trade to promote Turkish food products in the US market, was awarded the ‘Industry Partner of the Year’ award by the American Culinary Federation …
Read More »SHOULD WE EAT MEAT?
What is Carnism? The theory of Carnism was introduced in 2001 by social psychologist Melanie Joy in order to defend and justify meat consumption. The concept of Carnism has gained importance in this period when plant alternatives are a candidate to replace animal products… Melanie Joy According to the theory …
Read More »SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION AND TRADE GROWTH LIKELY TO SLOW OVER THE NEXT DECADE!
Global consumption of seafood will continue to grow over the next decade but at a slower rate, largely due to a projected softening of Asian demand, according to a new report. The report projects fish and shellfish consumption to reach 21.2 kilograms per capita over the next decade, up from …
Read More »HAPPY WORLD MILK DAY, 1 JUNE!
In 2001, World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the dairy sector. Each year since, the benefits of milk and dairy products have been actively promoted around the world, including how …
Read More »WHY INSECTS ARE THE NEXT GLOBAL SUPERFOOD?
Agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. But it is also part of the solution. Smallholder farmers are key to reducing emissions as they tend not to use harmful fertilizers or machinery powered by fossil fuels. That’s why, at COP27, IFAD and the United States launched the Global Methane Pledge partnership to …
Read More »TURKIYE ROLLS OUT A ROAD MAP FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE…
In a bid to expand agricultural activities and boost economy, Türkiye rolled out a road map for urban agriculture, which will subsidy activities nearer to the cities… Turkish government prepared a three-year action plan for urban agriculture, getting the conventionally rural activity closer to the cities. The plan includes support …
Read More »“NUTS AND DRIED FRUITS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A HEALTHY DIET”
Press release… Twenty five scientists from around the world met at NUTS 22 organized by the International Nut and Dried Fruits Council (INC) to reveal the health benefits of dried fruits with all their sides. At the meeting chaired by Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvado, a lecturer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, …
Read More »FIVE WAYS IFAD IS HELPING TO REDUCE RURAL POVERTY IN AN AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE…
The very first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty by 2030… Today, seven years after the goals were agreed and on the heels of a global pandemic, conflict and economic crises, a world without poverty seems out of reach. The World Bank estimates that, by the end of 2022, 685 million …
Read More »OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER: CHARITABLE FOOD IS A STICKING PLASTER!
Charitable food aid is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound of systemic inequality in the UK and US, say signatories including Prof. Olivier de Schutter, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to food… Olivier de Schutter At a time when the UK’s likely break with Europe is widely …
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