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Press release… Rome, 25 October 2022. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Central Fisheries Research Institute (SUMAE), is organizing an International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022) from 25 to 27 October …

Minister of National Education Özer: “R&D centres will be opened in the field of agriculture” Visiting the vocational school where innovative agricultural practices are made in the Netherlands, Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer underlined that Turkiye is an agriculture and livestock country and said, “We are making a special …

Charitable food aid is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound of systemic inequality in the UK and US, say signatories including Prof. Olivier de Schutter, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to food… Olivier de Schutter At a time when the UK’s likely break with Europe is widely …

Özkan Taşpınar, president of the National Grain Council, told daily Hürriyet that Türkiye’s barley production will be around 8.1 million tonnes this year, while its need is 8.5 million tonnes. “I think the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) decided to import to complete the consumption amount,” he said. “Corn, barley and …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports amounted to $1.94 billion in the first nine months of this year, with 34 percent of those exports going to Russia. The country delivered 3.35 million tons of fruit and vegetables to foreign markets this year, according to Ferhat Gürüz, the head of the Mediterranean Fresh …

Press release… The 40th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Türkiye Office of FAO was celebrated with a well-attended reception held in Ankara. 19 October 2022, Ankara – The 40th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Türkiye Office and the 15th anniversary of …

There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed to deliver the changes many hoped it would. Racially based dislocation and land dispossession were central features of colonial conquest and apartheid rule. To redress this, in 1994, the newly elected African National Congress (ANC) set a target of …

Press release…. Aegean Exporters’ Association (EIB) Organic Products and Sustainability Coordinator, Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Mehmet Ali Işık said that organic production and export in Türkiye started 32 years ago in Izmir under the leadership of Aegean Exporters’ Associations.” Mehmet Ali Işık “As Aegean exporters, who …

Press release… 16 October World Food Day… Şemsi Bayraktar, Chairman of Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) made a written statement on the occasion of World Food Day and said, “According to FAO data, 828 million people were malnourished and starved in 2021. Again in 2021, approximately 2.3 billion people …