Livestock

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged measures that will help tame the volatility in food prices and support livestock and agriculture, as the government has promised to curb inflation heading into pivotal elections. Erdoğan’s remarks come as Türkiye’s consumer price gains have been slowing down in the last five months, mainly …

The economy management took action against the supply restriction with the spike in red meat prices before Eid al-Fitr. The Turkish Competition Authority started a preliminary investigation to determine whether there was a speculative price increase or supply restriction in red meat prices before the Ramadan Feast. While their control …

Türkiye moved to the top spot in aquaculture production in the past four years, surpassing all EU member states, according to the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. The industry generated $1.7 billion in export revenues in 2022, shipping products to 103 countries. Production of the sector, which was more than 500,000, is expected to be around …

Press release… The aquaculture and animal products sector, which brought 4 billion 66 million dollars of foreign currency to Türkiye in 2022 by supplying the world’s protein needs, set an export target of 5 billion dollars for 2026. Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ESÜHİB) Chairperson Bedri Girit stated …

A few days prior to the start of the fishing ban, fishermen say this season has not been productive, while an expert attributes the decrease in the species in Marmara to overfishing and pollution. The amount of seafood caught in Türkiye is decreasing every year. Although the end of the season is days away, fishermen have not yet …

Media release… DATE: March 28, 2023 The Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) today used its Annual Conference in Brussels to issuea Call To Action to all stakeholders in the food and agriculture system in the face of aworsening forecast for the climate and the health of the world’s …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) broke its own export record on a monthly basis in the 100-year history of the Republic, with exports of 1 billion 740 million dollars in March. EIB managed to improve its exports of 1 billion 506 million dollars in March 2022 by 7 percent. …

Press release… Turkish food exporters, who could not go to Japan, one of the world’s largest food importers, for four years due to the pandemic, attended Japan’s largest food fair Foodex Japan on March 7-10 and returned to Türkiye with new export connections. Bedri Girit Turkish salmon achieved a record …

A significant proportion of honey imported into the EU is suspected to be fraudulently adulterated with added syrups, according to a new Commission-led analysis, marking a substantial increase from previous years.  As it stands, the EU does not produce enough honey to meet demand and imports some 40% from third …

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 …