Food

New FAO and ITU study highlights the benefits from the use of digital technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa… The digital revolution currently underway in Sub-Saharan Africa offers enormous potential for economic growth and agricultural productivity. Coastal countries benefit from fast internet, thanks to undersea cables, and 4G mobile networks are expanding …

Fearing rising prices and the perceived threat of sunflower oil shortages, customers have scrambled inrecent days to stock up on cooking oils. The Turkish government has reassured the public that a shortagedoesn’t exist. At the same time, in order to stabilize local market conditions, the government recentlyhalted cooking oil exports …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci emphasized that cereals, oil seeds and sugar beet are indispensable products and said that these products will be focused in agriculture.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Vahit Kirişci, made a statement after the Agricultural Coordination Meeting held in Adana Governorate, which …

With climate change, global warming and changing land use patterns, wildfires like those that have scorched Turkiye, Indonesia, California and vast swathes of Argentine wetland are set to occur more frequently in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution, death and destruction and other problems that governments are ill-prepared …

Turkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable prices decreased by 50% in the domestic market as exports to Russia and Ukraine, which are among Turkey’s top export markets, stopped due to war. As of Feb. 24, when Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine, export trucks were waiting on the roads for …

Chairperson of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK), Dr. Mustafa Tan, stated that there are enough domestic production olive oil stocks in Turkiye. “This year, we produced approximately 235 thousand tons of olive oil. We have around 270-280 thousand tonnes of olive oil with the stock taken from …

Pasta Producers and Industrialists’ Association (MÜSAD) Chairperson Nihat Uysallı made statements about the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the wheat and pasta industry. Uysallı stated that Turkiye’s stock of both durum and bread wheat is sufficient. Nihat Uysallı Nihat Uysallı said that Turkiye’s stocks of both …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they realized exports of 181.7 million dollars in February, an increase of 74 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that as AHBİB, they exported …

The continued steep rise in food price inflation, from 3.4% in 2019 to 5.7% at the beginning of this year, remains a major concern for South Africa, as it is exacerbating poverty and food insecurity among the country’s poorest households. The sharp rise in food inflation is driven by both …

Texas A&M AgriLife economists say wheat is among the commodities that could be affected most by the war! The Russian invasion has brought devastation to Ukraine, and uncertainty and volatility fueled by the conflict are rippling through U.S. and Texas agriculture markets. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists said both …