Food

Venezuelan agricultural imports grew by 33.1 percent in 2021 due to a stabilization of the economy anda recovery in consumer demand. Nevertheless, agricultural imports fell by 5.1 percent in volume due tosignificant commodity prices increases. Agricultural imports from the United States totaled $634 millionlast year, up 44.8 percent compared to …

Hours before the sun rises over Van, a city in the far east of Turkey fringed by rolling hillsides and a spectacular lake, preparations are already well underway for the most important meal of the day. By 5 a.m., the scent of oven-hot flatbreads and freshly brewed Turkish tea is …

World food prices have increased by 17.9 points or 12.6% month-on-month in March making a “giant leap” to a new historic high, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.  “The latest increase reflects new all-time highs for vegetable oils, cereals and meat sub-indices, while those of sugar …

Big hike in simit (Turkish bagel) prices! Simit price is over the bread price… One of the products most affected by the price hikes was the simit (Turkish bagel). The price of simit, which has been increased many times in the last year, has risen from 3 liras to 4 …

Photography exhibition depicting food waste opens in Izmir… Press release… 5 April 2022, Izmir – In support of the national “Save Your Food” campaign against food loss and waste in Turkey, FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, with the support of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, are jointly …

Although chickpeas and beans don’t usually belong in a pudding, they are core ingredients in one of the oldest – and, some say, one of the most delicious – desserts in the world. Ashure It was a cold, drizzly January day in Istanbul and I was searching for inspiration at Goreme, …

Due to the wrong agricultural policies based on imports implemented in Turkey, astronomical price hikes are experienced in the food sector. Abdullah Melik, Head of Şanlıurfa (Turkiye’s prominent southeastern province) Branch of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, said that the problems that reached the level of famine could only be …

For most of us, food usually represents sustenance and sometimes gastronomic pleasure, however, some among us see and appreciate food as a reservoir of information that holds up a mirror to the past as a narrator of history. Ceren Bozkurt For a region rich in history like Anatolia, this particular …

Yüksel Tavşan, Chairperson of the Turkish Wholesalers’ Federation (TURKHAL), said that 5 chain markets and 10 thousands stores collect the crop of fruit and vegetable producers at the price they want and thus there is a risk that they will seize the all production. Tavşan said, “If Turkiye is left …