Food

Press release… FAO collaborates with Sabri Ülker Foundation on educating children in pre-school and primary schools on reducing food waste at home. 18 January 2021, Ankara, Turkey – The majority of food waste still occurs at the household level, making it imperative for the consumer households to be informed and change their behavior. To …

Press release… Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that a sustainable food production-consumption chain should be drawn through R&D and innovation. Yağcı said, “In 2020, we brought 645 million dollars to our country. We strive to work in a better world …

Haluk Okutur, Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Grain, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR), said that they broke the all-time export record as the industry with 7.3 billion dollars in 2020. In his statement, Haluk Okutur emphasized that despite all the troubles brought by the epidemic and …

Press release… Aegean exporters said “produce organic for the climate crisis” in Agriculture Week… The way to exist in the future is “smart agriculture”… One quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from food production. Aegean exporters, who have been feeding the world with organic production for 36 years, …

The specialized organized industrial zone based on agriculture (TDİOSB) is a wide range of goods and service production areas established by the public, legal person or persons, aimed at ensuring the integration of the agriculture and industry sector, producing agricultural and animal production and industrial facilities for their processing. The …

Press release… Exports of agricultural products from EIB exceeded 5 billion dollars. EIB’s agricultural products export target for 2021 is 5.5 billion dollars. Seedless raisins, dried figs, tobacco, cotton, olives, olive oil, fisheries, poultry meat, eggs, dairy products, honey, fresh fruit vegetables, fruit and vegetable products, non-wood forest products, citrus …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) roll up its sleeves to increase the sustainability competence of 8 thousand exporters EIB organizes Sustainability Days… Climate changes in the world in recent years have brought humanity to focus more on sustainable, green production. Leaving a healthy and livable world for future generations …

Press release… Aquaculture industry takes firm steps forward to the 2023 export target of 1.5 billion dollars. While there was a 7 percent contraction in world commodity trade in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Turkish seafood industry increased its exports by 4 percent to 1 billion 53 million dollars. …

Press release… » The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 107.5 points in December 2020, up 2.3 points (2.2 percent) from November, marking the seventh month of consecutive increase. Except for sugar, all sub-indices of the FFPI registered modest gains in December, with the sub-index of vegetable oil again rising the most, …

Press release… Country Programming Framework will focus on green innovation, good nutrition, ecosystems based integrated natural resource management and livelihood and resilience support for persons under the Law on Foreigners and International Protection under FAO Turkey`s Syrian Refugee Resilience Plan (SRRP). 5 January 2021; Ankara – FAO Turkey Office is speeding up …