Food

Press release… The International Nut and Dried Fruit Congress, where the road map of nut and dried fruit around the world is drawn, will be held online between 25-27 May 2021 this year due to the pandemic. Ahmet Bilge Göksan, the Turkish Ambassador to the International Nut and Dried Fruit …

Four cousins, who have been producing Turkish delight for 3 generations in their factories in Kayseri province, exported to 32 countries worth 300 thousand dollars in the first quarter of the year. The business that has been operating in the region for 75 years exports Turkish delight to countries including …

Press release… While Turkish farmers met the protein needs of the world’s tables with a wide range of products from meat to chicken, fish to eggs, dairy products to honey, they made a great contribution to the strong immune system of the human body during the pandemic period. Underlining that …

Water is at the core of our existence. From an agriculture perspective, water is the essence of the food we grow. The world’s food systems depend on the planet’s water systems. Many global challenges, however, are threatening the sustainability of our water resources leading to water stress and scarcity and therefore impeding our efforts to …

Press release… Ankara- 14.05.2021- Şemsi Bayraktar, Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President, said, “Our farmers continue to produce unabated despite all difficulties during the coronavirus process. If we have had food on our tables since the beginning of the pandemic, it is thanks to them.” “For this reason, I …

Press release… In 2020, when the biggest epidemic faced by humanity in the last 100 years reached its peak, the Turkish farmer met the needs of 84 million people and increased the production of Turkish delicacies to be exported to all over the world and eased the pandemic conditions. The …

Turkey is heading toward farming season under a severe threat of drought, a water report has revealed, noting a 50 percent decrease in the rate of precipitation across the country in April. “There was 90 percent decline in rainfalls in the Southeastern Anatolia region and some 76 percent decline in Eastern Anatolia in April,” said a …

FAO food price index up 1.7% m-o-m in April, led by increase in prices of sugar, followed by oils, meat, dairy, cereals… Global food prices in April climbed for an 11th month in a row, driven by strong increases in the prices of sugar, followed by oils, meat, dairy and …

Turkish farmers did not leave the soil during the epidemic period, increased production… Dr. Mehmet Hasdemir, General Director of Plant Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, stated that humanity once again found out the importance of food and agriculture during the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic. Dr. …

Post-harvest food loss is a leading cause of food insecurity for millions of people across the world. In 2019, 690 million suffered from hunger and the situation has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, everyone involved, including farmers, handlers, traders, and governments, are part of the solution to prevent …