Press release… Benchmark measure shows international prices for vegetable oils and dairy products down, while up for wheat, rice and poultry meat… 03/06/2022 Rome – World food commodity prices declined modestly in May for the second consecutive month, although wheat and poultry prices pushed higher, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …
Read More »HAYRETTIN UCAK: WE AIM TO EXPORT 200 HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF GHERKIN
News release… The target in gherkin exports is to reach 200 million dollars with residue-free production. While Turkiye earned 310 million dollars of foreign exchange income from pickle exports in 2021, gherkins have become the star of pickle exports with 150 million dollars of exports. The sector aims to reach …
Read More »MEHMET CIRAV: HAZELNUT EXPORTS REACHED 1.7 BILLION DOLLARS IN 9 MONTHS
News release… Between September 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022, covering the 9-month period of our country’s 2021/2022 hazelnut export season, 1 billion 700 million 495 560 dollars of hazelnuts were exported in return for 287 thousand 934 tonnes. There was an increase of 6 percent in the value amount. …
Read More »WORLD MILK DAY, JUNE 1…
In 2001, World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the dairy sector. Each year since, the benefits of milk and dairy products have been actively promoted around the world, including how …
Read More »IFAD ESTABLISHES A ‘CRISIS RESPONSE INITIATIVE’ FOR FINANCING SMALL-SCALE PRODUCERS IN UKRAINE!
Conflict and food insecurity go hand-in-hand. Without peace, stable food systems and sustainable development will always be out of reach. The war in Ukraine has caused not only a humanitarian crisis, but is also increasing food and fuel prices, which in turn are impacting the world’s most vulnerable people. Even …
Read More »“VIRGINIA AND BURLEY TOBACCO PRODUCTION TO BOOST IN TURKIYE”
Press release… Umur: “Virginia and burley tobacco production will increase” Sharing the knowledge that 30 percent of the tobacco to be used in tobacco products produced in Turkiye will gradually have to be grown in the country, Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Chairperson Ömer Celal Umur stated that there will be an …
Read More »ISA COSKUN: WE SHOULD SURPASS THE EXPORT AMOUNT OF 500 HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN DAIRY PRODUCTS
Chair of SETBIR İsa Coşkun said, “Turkiye ranks 10th in terms of production value in agriculture. But we cannot achieve the same points in efficiency.” Making evaluations on the dairy sector, Turkish Dairy, Meat, Food Industrialists’ and Producers’ Association (SETBIR) Chairman of the Board, İsa Coşkun, stated that although Turkiye …
Read More »MUHAMMET OZTURK: EXPORT OF CEREALS, PULSES AND OILSEEDS EXCEEDS 10 B DOLLARS
Press release… Öztürk: “Export of cereals, pulses, oilseeds has exceeded 10 billion dollars” Sharing the information that Turkiye’s food exports have reached 24.5 billion dollars in the last 1-year period, Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Muhammet Öztürk said that as the grains, pulses oilseeds sector, they …
Read More »FAO AND IFAD TO LAUNCH PROJECT FOR NUTRITION-SENSITIVE AGRICULTURE…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Jordan launched a new project to identify potential areas for knowledge exchange, policy dialogue, and programme development to improve water security, agriculture, and nutrition outcomes in …
Read More »MEHMET ALİ IŞIK: TURKIYE HAS 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIC SECTOR
Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that the food needs of 8 billion people around the world are increasing day by day. Mehmet Ali Işık Işık said, “While the need for food worldwide soaring by 1.3 percent every year, there …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
