A decade ago, the launch of Global Forest Watch (GFW) ushered in a new era of accountability and transparency around monitoring and protecting the world’s forests. To celebrate 10 years of impact, our Voices of Global Forest Watch series will highlight successes of GFW users, partners and community members throughout the year. We …
Read More »Rainfall gives hope for grain production in Konya Plain…
While the low rainfall expected this year in Konya Plain, Türkiye’s granary, paved the way to yield loss in cereals, the rainfall received from time to time increased the hopes in the plain. Experts draw attention to the frequent control of the products in the field and the correct spraying …
Read More »Food security threatened by extreme flooding, farmers warn!
Record-breaking rain over the past few months has left fields of crops under water and livestock’s health at risk, adding to pressures on food producers. The flooding and extreme weather linked to climate change will undermine UK food production unless farmers get more help, the National Farmers Union said. Debbie …
Read More »Yıldıray Gençer: Tomato price could jump to 250 liras if the production carried out only with ancestral seeds!
Yıldıray Gençer, Head of the Sub-Union of the Seed Industrialists and Producers (TSÜAB), said that as seed industrialists, they give great support to local varieties, but warned that if the entire production is carried out with ancestral seeds with low productivity, tomato, which is 50 liras today, could jump to …
Read More »Danger from TRNC in citrus!
Turkish citrus sector, which ranks eighth in the world with an annual production of 4.7 million tonnes and exports 1 billion 112 million dollars to the world in 2023, demanded a total struggle to prevent the Psyllidi (Greening) disease seen in citrus gardens and artichoke fields in the Turkish Republic …
Read More »Türkiye’s first domestic sugar beet seed registered!
Two types of domestic and national sugar beet seeds produced within the scope of the project carried out in cooperation with Türkşeker, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University and Kastamonu University were registered. Domestic beet seeds, the production of which has started, will meet with farmers next year. In recent years, …
Read More »Food waste is not just a ‘rich country’ problem!
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Food Waste Index 2024 report revealed that while 783 million people grappled with hunger in 2022, more than 1 billion meals a day were wasted worldwide. According to the Food Waste Index 2024 report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on the occasion of …
Read More »Dr. Uygun Aksoy: Organic agriculture requires the correct management of natural resources
Press release… The Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) supported the Association of Ecological Agriculture Organisation (ETO), one of the leading organisations of organic agriculture in the world and ensured that innovations in the field of organic agriculture were conveyed to stakeholders. Dr. Uygun Aksoy Professor Dr. Uygun Aksoy, Chairwoman of the …
Read More »The book of ‘Organic Agriculture’ supported by Aegean exporters…
Press release… The world’s food warehouse wrote the book of organic agriculture… EIB supported the ‘Organic Agriculture’ book updated by ETO… With their 35 years of experience, Aegean exporters contribute to the development of environmentally friendly sustainable agriculture in our country. Producing 1.6 million tonnes of organic products in 268 …
Read More »UN Report: More than 1 billion meals are wasted every day!
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Food Waste Index 2024 report revealed that while 783 million people grappled with hunger in 2022, more than 1 billion meals a day were wasted worldwide. According to the Food Waste Index 2024 report published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on the occasion of …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
