Food

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations realized an export of 1 billion 453 million dollars in August with an increase of 44 percent. In the January-August period of 2021, EİB brought 10 billion 339 million dollars to Turkey with a 28 percent acceleration and reached 15 billion 265 million dollars with …

Agricultural innovation is helping to reduce environmental impact while increasing yields… During the next 30 years, the United Nations estimates that the global population will grow by 2 billion people to nearly 10 billion. To meet this demand, agriculture must wrest larger yields from a shrinking land base. At the …

Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey (TKKMB) is preparing to meet the meat and milk sales that it previously obtained through supplier companies, with its own production. General Manager Fahrettin Poyraz said, “At this point, we have an effort to reach healthy food for our citizens. Because there are serious complaints …

The World Food Program’s (WFP) food stocks in Afghanistan could run out by the end of September without additional funding, a top U.N. official warned Wednesday, saying that one out three people are hungry in the country. “We will not be able to provide those essential food items because we’ll …

Ahmet Tuncay Sagun, Chairman of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) Sectors Council and Deputy Chairman of the Istanbul Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (İSHİB), stated that in the first 7 months of the year, fishery exports increased by 39.5 percent compared to the same period of 2020 and reached …

The ‘Erbaa Narince Vineyard Leaf’ produced in the Erbaa district of Tokat province contributes 90 million TL per year to the economy of the district. Geographically indicated leaves are also exported to European countries. The geographically registered Erbaa Narince Vineyard Leaves, which are produced on an area of ​​19,820 decares …

Sugar, wheat and palm oil push up FAO Food Price Index… 02 September 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices rebounded rapidly in August after two consecutive months of decline, led by strong gains in the international price quotations for sugar, wheat and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

Sri Lanka Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. Rajapaksa …

Global warming threatens Caspian Sea, warn Kazakh environmentalist… Meiramgul Kussainova… NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan  Kazakh environmentalist Orınbasar Togcanov told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that in the southeastern region of Mangystau in Kazakhstan the volume of rain has steadily decreased in recent years resulting in dried up wheat fields and dead livestock …

Dr. Nevzat Birişik, General Director of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that it will not be possible to continue the usual varieties and cultivation culture in the same way due to climate change. Dr. Nevzat Birişik said, “Climate change shows us that …