“Leaving No One Behind: Greater Involvement and Empowerment of Rural Women in Türkiye and Central Asia” The project is funded by the Government of Türkiye under the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP II). The overall objective is to provide policy support, capacity development and knowledge generation in order …
Read More »TURKTRAKTOR INVESTS IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL VENTURE, AGROVISIO!
Press release… TürkTraktör, the first manufacturer of the Turkish automotive industry and the leading company in agricultural mechanisation, supports the growth of start-ups operating in this field in order to accelerate technology integration in agriculture. TürkTraktör realised its first initiative in this direction with its investment in Agrovisio, which provides …
Read More »HAYRETTIN UCAK-MUHAMMET OZTURK: WE WANT TO GROW IN THE INDIAN MARKET
Press release… Turkish exporters want to strengthen their position in the Indian (Bharat) market, which is the most populous country in the world and whose economy is growing day by day. Shri Mijito Vinito, Consul General of India in Istanbul, visited Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) with a delegation consisting of …
Read More »CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING SAFE TRADE IN FOOD!
Climate change is already affecting food safety, and animal and plant health, warns a briefing note from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), a global multi-stakeholder partnership which is housed at the WTO and that seeks to facilitate safe and inclusive trade. Policies in these areas – known as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) …
Read More »DR. IBRAHIM ORTAS: NO CONCRETE PROGRESS IN CLIMATE CHANGE MEETINGS!
Any Concrete Progress in Climate Change Meetings? Disappointment Again! The impact of global climate change, which has been increasing since the industrial revolution of our world, mostly due to the use of energy-based fossil fuels by human beings, has been felt more in the last 60 years. Since 1988, Rio …
Read More »EZINE CHEESE RECEIVES THE FIRST GI CERTIFICATION IN TURKIYE FROM THE EU!
The renowned Ezine cheese, crafted from the milk of sheep, goats and cows grazing at the foothills of Mount Ida (Kaz Dağları), has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the first cheese in Türkiye to receive a geographical indication certification from the EU. The secret behind the globally acclaimed Ezine cheese …
Read More »RESEARCH TO HARVEST GRAPES TWICE A YEAR COMES TO AN END!
Minister Yumaklı said, “I would like to say that the research of the product that can be produced in a greenhouse environment in the capital of grapes like Manisa and can be harvested twice a year has been completed and that the applications of the producers related to the production …
Read More »LAUNCH DUTCH AGRIFOOD VENTURE HUB – FOODVALLEY
23 November 2023 Leading agrifood ventures internationally The Dutch Agrifood Venture Hub was launched in Wageningen on 22 November 2023, to position the Netherlands further as a leading agrifood venture hotspot. The launch, attended by dozens of entrepreneurs and financiers, highlighted financing opportunities for startups and scale-ups in the food …
Read More »TURKISH OLIVE CULTIVATION SECURES SPOT ON UNESCO LIST…
Türkiye’s tradition of olive cultivation has been officially recognized and included in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, according to a statement from Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. The minister, sharing the news on social media platform X on Dec. 5, revealed that the latest UNESCO meeting in Botswana’s Kasane town extensively …
Read More »FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX HOLDS STEADY IN NOVEMBER…
International cereal quotations dip, vegetable oil prices rise and record grains harvest is expected in the year ahead… The benchmark for world food commodity prices were broadly stable in November, with lower international cereal quotations offset by higher prices of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
