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Forest Monitoring Law: Exploring Methods, Stakeholders, and Objectives Press release… Brussels, November 22, 2023 — Today, the European Commission published its regulation establishing a “Forest Monitoring Law”. ELO welcomes the general principle of increasing the resilience of European forests, particularly in the face of climate change. There is a need …

Press release… Şemsi Bayraktar: Prices are increasing, imitation and adulteration in olive oil does not end! Pointing out that olive oil is one of the most counterfeited and adulterated foods, TZOB President Şemsi Bayraktar said, “Increasing prices spike the number of counterfeit and adulterated products in the market. Imitation and …

Seed corn harvest was still ongoing at the end of September. The production year has been behind schedule throughout the world, because of this spring’s planting conditions. The dry-down is fast in the fields and processors need to be quick taking on considerable amounts within a short time span. Production …

Press release… “WE NEED 60 MILLION ANIMAL SKINS EVERY YEAR” EYUP SEVİMLI, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AEGEAN REGION LEATHER INDUSTRIALISTS ASSOCIATION (EGEDERIDER) AND IZMIR FREE ZONE (IZBAŞ): “WE NEED QUALITY RAW MATERIALS AND HIGH PRODUCTION CAPACITIES IN ORDER NOT TO LOSE OUR EXPORT MARKETS.” “ALTHOUGH WE …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), a pioneer in sustainability, organised a sectoral trade delegation organisation specific to the food products sector within the scope of the “Sustainable Exports in Food Sectors Development of International Competitiveness Project” on 6 – 9 November 2023 in London, the capital of England, with …

Istanbul Chamber of Industry brought together food suppliers from 40 countries with Turkish companies. A total of 3,500 bilateral meetings were held with 65 domestic and over 80 foreign companies in the organisation, which brought together Türkiye’s most prestigious food producers with the world’s largest supermarket chains and major food …

Climate change has decreased hydroelectric energy generation in the Upper Euphrates Basin, says the new HPA Report... The report titled “The Impact of Climate Change  in the Upper Tigris and Euphrates Basin,” prepared by the Hydropolitics Association, says that “the electricity generation of Keban, Karakaya, and Atatürk Dams has gradually …

Zaharoula Vassilaki, an organic farmer from Greece, gazes admiringly at a massive olive tree on her land, estimated to be over two centuries old. Despite being struck by lightning years ago, the tree continues to yield. But climate change – in this case, the absence of deep winter – is …

Press release… Türkiye’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa will experience its golden period in economic terms thanks to the world’s largest solar fields when they are completed. Stating that the province will be among the world regions when it becomes an energy and agricultural base, businessman Mehmet Mutlu said, “If tourism …

Press release… IZMIR COMMODITY EXCHANGE DELEGATION PARTICIPATED IN THE 6TH MEDITERRANEAN COTTON ROAD… The sixth Mediterranean Cotton Road event, which was organised this year to bring together cotton sector stakeholders, was held on Monday, 20 November 2023 in Thessaloniki, Greece, in cooperation with the Izmir Commodity Exchange, the Greek Cotton …