Food

From 31 October, world leaders, experts, and climate activists from across the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for COP26, the biggest climate conference since the Paris Accords. IFAD will be there, calling for greater investments in climate adaptation – and we will be giving the floor to rural small-scale producers …

More air in that bag of chips? Fewer flakes in your cereal box? You’re not imagining it: “Shrinkflation,” a tactic used by industry to hide price increases, is back in vogue in the United States. Facing the post-pandemic inflationary surge, partly fueled by bottlenecks in global supply and trouble finding …

Produced in Kahramanmaraş! Exported to Europe due to the intense demand of expatriates (Turkish workers)… “Maraş tarhana” is exported to European countries in the form of packaged crisp. Tarhana producer Samet Çiftarslan said, “The export that we started when expatriates demanded this product in Turkish markets in the countries they …

Nutrition in Turkey: Consumption of red meat and seafood is low, obesity is high! Turkey is one of the European countries that consumes the least red meat and seafood. According to the compilation made by Tuğba Öztürk from Hürriyet Daily by examining the data of FAO (UN Food and Agriculture …

Mersin Commodity Exchange Chairman Abdullah Özdemir reminded that 2021 was declared the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables by FAO and said, “Our country has a great potential in the field of agriculture and food. According to FAO (2019) data, Turkey ranks fourth in world vegetable production and sixth in …

Press release… Citing the global rise in hunger, malnourishment and food insecurity, Viorel Gutu underlines the need to transform current agrifood systems to build long-term resilience… Viorel Gutu 25 October 2021, Virtual event –  On the occasion of World Food Day 2021, FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Sustainability Academy, …

Stating that the rate of food consumption in the world is much faster than the rate of regeneration of the world, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ayşe Ayşin Işıkgece said that there is still a shortage of food in 52 countries across the world. Food Safety Workshop in Turkey, …

Press release… The fruits of TURQUALITY Project are reaping… Stating that they carried out a TURQUALITY Project covering Japan, South Korea and China between 2016-2020, Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “The Far East, which hosts 40 percent of the world’s population and …