Food

Technology solutions are emerging to support farmers in optimising their farming practices to overcome financial burdens and preserve the planet. 2024 began with farmers across the world raising their voices and protesting as they are being hit by falling incomes, environmental regulations and competition from imports. Many farmers complained they feel caught between …

Press release… Saffet Kalyoncu, Chair of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), reported that in the Eastern Black Sea Region, exports from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces, amounted to 933 million 602 thousand 83 dollars covering the January-July period of 2024. Saffet Kalyoncu “There is a 9 percent …

Cultivated meat is down but not out, says meat industry veteran and new CEO at Meatable… Jeff Tripian Cultivated meat may be down, but it’s not out, insists the new US-based CEO of Dutch startup Meatable. The reason is simple, claims Jeff “Trip” Tripician, a meat industry veteran who took the helm of the …

Press release… Lower cereal quotations offset higher vegetable oil, meat and sugar prices… » The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) stood at 120.8 points in July 2024, marginally below its revised figure for June, as a decrease in the price index for cereals outweighed increases in the price indices for vegetable oil, …

Press release… Tuna farmed in Türkiye’s western province of Izmir, which is the most important centre of the country in tuna farming, is exported to many countries, especially Japan and makes a significant contribution to the national economy. The caught tuna are transported to a total of 6 farms in …

Meatly is the first European company to be authorised to sell artificial meat (produced without the use of animals using laboratory-developed methods). Owen Ensor Meatly, a pet food company, has made history by becoming the first European company to be authorised to sell artificial meat for pet food in the …

Press release… The countdown has started for the Interfresh Eurasia Fair, which is the largest export platform for fresh, dried, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables that Türkiye produces 60 million tonnes annually. This year, the exhibition will be held on 26-28 September 2024 at Fuarİzmir in Izmir. Murat Özer, …

A new study shows that in areas where low-income consumers predominantly live, there is more targeted marketing of snacks and sweets, as well as higher prices for healthy foods and fewer healthy food options in supermarkets. People living in low-income neighbourhoods and areas without local food stores consume more snacks …

Press release… The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC), the highest consultation platform of dried fruits and dried fruits worldwide, announced the nut, dried fruit and snack preferences of Generation Z in Latin America. Ahmet Göksan International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC) Türkiye Ambassador Ahmet Bilge Göksan stated …

Press release… Izmir Agricultural Technology Centre, which was launched by Izmir Commodity Exchange with the slogan ‘Silicon Valley of Agriculture’, has been entitled to become a European Digital Innovation Centre with the ‘AgrInnovate EDIH’ consortium coordinated by ITTM Agricultural Technologies Venture Inc. Işınsu Kestelli The representatives of the European Digital …