Nutrition

As many as 115 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned on Oct. 7.     That is a devastating reversal after decades of progress, and higher than the bank previously estimated, even as recently as August, …

TESK President Bendevi Palandöken warned of the local, organic and natural products fraud. Turkey Tradesmen and Artisans Confederation (TESK) Chairman Bendevi Palandöken said, “Local products are advertised every step of the way on the internet. There are sellers who write ‘genuine’ to the fraudulent product and those who stick straw …

Press release… Ankara – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Deputy Representative Dr. Ayşegül Selışık participated in the “Mid-Day” program presented by Ahu Orakçıoğlu, broadcast on Ekotürk TV and evaluated the global hunger and the effects of COVID-19 on the food and agriculture sector in the light …

Professor Dr. Emin Duru, who conducts the investigation of the medical and chemical features of honey produced in Turkey, said that Alzheimer’s disease is not encountered especially in the beekeepers who produce chestnut honey and explained that chestnut honey reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Professor Dr. Mehmet Emin Duru …

Mardin Artuklu University (MAU) and its project partner MARSEV signed an implementation protocol with the Ministry of Industry GAP Regional Development Administration within the scope of the “Ancient Mardin Meals Are On The Stage – Now It’s Time Project”. MAU Rector Professor Dr. İbrahim Özcoşar, in his statement, said that …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chairman of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that ‘Motherland of the Seedless Table Sultana Grape’ is the Anatolian lands. Hayrettin Uçak said, “55 thousand farming families of sultana grapes, regarded as a healing store, produce in vineyards of more than 1 million …

Red beet, which has begun to be harvested in Ereğli district of Konya, is exported to 25 countries as a natural food colour. Red beets are also known to strengthen the immune system. Red beet, which draws attention with its many benefits from the immune system to the digestive system, …

According to a written statement from the Kayseri Commodity Exchange (KTB), there has been an increase in pastrami (pastırma) and soudjouk (sucuk) sales despite the recently increasing new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic. According to KTB records, 286 tons of pastrami and 2 thousand 260 tons of soudjouk were processed …

Bonito is expected to be abundant in the seas this year… Ramazan Özkaya, Chairman of the Central Union of Fisheries Cooperatives, stated that the fishermen are ready for the new season and said, “This year there will be plenty of bonito, the Turkish people will be full up with bonitos. …

Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture, Head of Fisheries Engineering Department Professor Dr. Mine Kırkağaç said that fisheries and aquaculture production in Turkey is 836 thousand 168 tons according to data of 2019 and 55,36 percent of this amount obtained by hunting. Dr. Kırkağaç said, “Although the decrease of approximately 12 …