Food

Press release… Due to the pandemic, Turkish food exporters, who could not come together for 4 years and Japanese food importers longed for the Foodex Japan Fair, signed commercial agreements. Turkish exporters called on their Japanese counterparts to establish a Japanese-Turkish Village in the earthquake zone, Japanese business people took …

Press release… Exporters will make positive discrimination to earthquake-affected producers! After the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, the continuation of food production in our 11 provinces, where the earthquake caused great wounds and the transportation of Türkiye’s 81 provinces and the world with a food corridor gained vital importance. Turkish exporters will make …

March 3, 2023GFAR by the GFAR Secretariat Agri-food heritage systems have been recognized for their potential to help address food security and to promote sustainable development worldwide. But significant progress in promoting and developing these systems remains to be made. Can the creation of a new digital knowledge environment help change …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) will be holding the Turkish National Participation Organization for the 25th time on March 7-10, 2023 of the Foodex Fair in Japan, which meets the majority of its food needs through imports and realizes annual food imports of 65 billion dollars. At Foodex Japan …

Press release… The target of Turkey’s food export to Japan is 500 million dollars. Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) will be holding the Turkish National Participation Organization for the 25th time on March 7-10, 2023 of the Foodex Fair in Japan, which meets the majority of its food needs through imports …

The global food system’s greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly 1 degree Celsius to Earth’s surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists have warned. A major overhaul of the sector, from production to distribution to consumption, could reduce those emissions by more than half even as global population …

Decisions in recent days to restrict water use in major cities show that the threat of drought is becoming more widespread. With water losses in cities reaching 60 percent and the drought set to become a more prominent topic of conversation after May, experts say the focus should be on what needs …

Monthly decline reflects lower prices of vegetable oils, dairy products, says UN agency… Global food prices fell 0.6% in February, the 11th consecutive monthly decline, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 129.8 points in February, decreasing from 130.6 points in …

Samsun, the star of agricultural production in Türkiye; first in many crops! Owning the Bafra and Çarşamba Plains blessed by the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak Rivers, Samsun, a Black Sea province, ranks first in Türkiye in many agricultural crops. Samsun, which has fertile plains, has a very important place in the …

Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin #1, 10 February 2023… International prices of wheat fell again in January, as the short-term outlook for global supplies continued to improve, in particular following latest estimates of larger 2022 outputs in Australia and the Russian Federation than earlier expected. By contrast, international …