Food

Press release… FAO continues to supply training to food entrepreneurs, suppliers and retailers in the fight against food waste as part of the ‘Save Your Food’ campaign… 3 August 2021, Ankara, Turkey – Each year over 1.3 billion tonnes of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. Furthermore, the volume of wasted …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) realized an export of 1 billion 238 million dollars with an increase of 4 percent in July. EIB, which boosted its exports by 26 percent in the January-July period and brought 8 billion 884 million dollars to Turkey, reached 14 billion 820 million dollars …

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the University of British Columbia (Canada) has investigated how people in five different countries react to various usages of genome editing in agriculture. The researchers looked at which uses are accepted and how the risks and benefits of the new breeding …

Turkey‘s central province of Kayseri has been added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in field of gastronomy for its rich cuisine, a local official said on July 28.  Kayseri city mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç said that a special commission was formed within the municipality which carried out hard work and managed to enter the network. …

The Global Manifesto on Forgotten Foods is a landmark document representing a wide consensus on a coherent framework for a transformation of the agricultural research and innovation system—by fully unleashing the potential of so-called ‘forgotten foods’. Also referred to as neglected and underutilized species (NUS), indigenous foods, orphan crops or future foods, “forgotten foods” …

Press release… There is a goodness in this harvest… This harvest includes both waste prevention and sharing… In the “Volunteer Final Harvest Project”, which aims to reduce loss and waste up to 50 percent in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, the crops not collected by the producer will be …

According to the data of the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT), Belgium is the country with the highest consumption of sugary drinks by population. According to the data of the European Statistical Office, Belgium is the country with the highest consumption of sugary drinks by population, followed by Malta and Germany. …

“Afyon buffalo yoghurt” received geographical indication registration certificate… “Afyon buffalo yoghurt”, one of the local flavours of Afyonkarahisar province, has been registered with a geographical indication certificate by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. Afyonkarahisar Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairperson Hüsnü Serteser, in his written statement, noted that he …

Another lockdown will be a huge blow to Turkey’s eatery industry and restaurants, a business group has warned, calling for stricter measures that will help keep businesses open in the coming months. As part of the government’s efforts to bring COVID-19 under control, restaurants and cafes across the country remained closed for months during …

According to a survey conducted by the agricultural union of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Kwanalu, economic activities have been totally demolished in more than 55% of rural towns by the recent unrest and criminal activities which swept through the province last week. Kwanalu, who represents rural landowners, farmers and agribusinesses in KZN, …