The Chinese government has authorised the production of the country’s first genetically modified wheat strain. This is the first important step towards the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) food products. Despite rapid advances in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, telecommunications, renewable energy and electric vehicles, Asia lags far behind …
Read More »The ban on bulk and barrel exports of olive oil should be lifted immediately!
Press release. A joint statement by 20 organisations that determine the fate of the olive oil sector in Türkiye! Left to right; Mustafa Tan, Emre Uygun, Fikret Akova, Güngör Şarman The 20 institutions and associations that determine the fate of the Turkish olive and olive oil sector, came together at …
Read More »Cereal producers size up export opportunities in Iraq…
Press release… Southeastern Anatolia’s exports of cereals, pulses, oil seeds and products sector in the first 4 months of the year was 1.1 billion dollars. Celal Kadooğlu Compared to the same period of the previous year, the country to which the cereal exporters in the region, whose exports soared by …
Read More »Mehmet Emre Uygun becomes the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association…
Press release… Mehmet Emre Uygun has become the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZIB), which brings together olive and olive oil exporters in Türkiye under its roof. Uygun will serve as the 27th president in the 84-year history of EZZIB. …
Read More »Veysel Memiş: We are making significant moves in the Asia-Pasific market
Press release… VEYSEL MEMİŞ: WE MADE AN EXPORT OF 147.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN APRIL “WE ARE MAKING MOVES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET WITH A POPULATION OF 2.2 BILLION” Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that …
Read More »“We also have a comfortable year in cereals”
Although it came late, the precipitation that reached the average of ordinary years made the grain producers smile. The performance of the 2023-2024 season, in which the all-time record was broken, is expected to be experienced in this season as well. Especially wheat production is expected to exceed 20 million …
Read More »Emre Uygun: UK is a target market for the Turkish olive and olive oil sector
Press release… The UK and Türkiye announced that they will start negotiations for a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Ben Aldred, Deputy Undersecretary for Trade at the British Consulate General, Ilaria Regondi, Chief Negotiator for the Türkiye-UK Free Trade Agreement, and Harriet Ackland, Policy and Strategy Leader for the Türkiye-UK …
Read More »Happy International Tea Day 21 May!
Why drink tea? Tea is a beverage made from the Camellia sinesis plant. Tea is the world’s most consumed drink, after water. It is believed that tea originated in northeast India, north Myanmar and southwest China, but the exact place where the plant first grew is not known. Tea has been with …
Read More »Alper Alhat: Liquid oils that resemble olive oil with flavouring will end olive agriculture
Press release… Aegean province of Manisa’s Akhisar district Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat said that olive agriculture is facing a great danger! Alper Alhat Pointing out that liquid oils that resemble olive oil with flavouring harm producers and consumers, Alhat said, “Unfortunately, we have known for a long time that …
Read More »Global dried fruit industry leaders come together in Canada…
Press release… The largest organisation of the world dried and shelled fruit sector took place in Canada… Industry leaders in the dried fruit industry from more than 60 countries gathered in Canada… The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council (INC), the highest consultation platform for dried fruits and nuts worldwide, …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
