Disruptions in fertilizer, urea, energy supply chains create food crisis, rivaling or even more serious than in 2022, when Russia-Ukraine war began, experts say… March 31, 2026 ISTANBUL… Agricultural and food production are under immense pressure amid geopolitical risks in the Middle East and the decline in tanker traffic through …
Read More »War in Iran sparks fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices!
Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertilizer supplies are waning due to Tehran’s near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli bombing. The fertilizer shortage is putting the livelihood of farmers in developing countries — already troubled …
Read More »Emre Uygun: All stakeholders must work shoulder to shoulder in olive oil sector
Press release… Export champions in the olive and olive oil sector receive their awards… The Turkish olive oil sector, which has been suffering a decline in exports for two seasons, aims to overcome the bottleneck in exports through an accurately assessed harvest and a quota to be secured from the …
Read More »Poyraz Olive Oil wins the “Star of Exports” award!
Press release… Poyraz Olive Oils ranks in the top 10 of the ‘Stars of Export’… At the ‘Stars of Export’ Awards Ceremony organised by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), Poyraz Olive Oils ranked seventh among the top 10 companies in Türkiye for packaged olive oil exports. The Aegean Exporters’ Associations …
Read More »Muhammet Öztürk: Japan is a market of strategic importance
Press release… The Turkish food sector, which brings the flavours grown in Anatolia—the world’s breadbasket—to every corner of the globe, once again demonstrated its strength in the international market at FOODEX JAPAN 2026 – the 51st International Food and Beverage Fair, the largest food fair in the Far East. Muhammet …
Read More »“Türkiye must grow through production and exports, not consumption”
Press release… EGİAD Foreign Trade Council Holds Its First Meeting… A New Strategic Platform Opening Up to Global Markets: The Foreign Trade Council… The Aegean Young Businessmen’s Association (EGİAD) held the first meeting of its Foreign Trade Council in Izmir, established with the aim of enhancing the business world’s global …
Read More »Dr. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu: As inequalities grow, women and girls bear the heaviest burden!
Press release… WHERE WATER FLOWS, EQUALITY FLOURISHES! SÜT-D’s Water Fairies Are on Duty! SÜT-D has called for action to create a life where everyone has access to safer water and gender equality is achieved… In its World Water Day statement, the Association for Sustainable Production and Consumption (SÜT-D) highlighted that …
Read More »Iran crisis could hit the confectionery sector!
The escalation of the Iran-centred conflict in the Middle East has heightened supply chain concerns in the global food sector, with the confectionery sector being one of the first to be affected. According to experts, disruptions to critical trade routes and interruptions in energy supplies caused by the conflict could …
Read More »Türkiye’s new star in the fig industry, the ‘Black Orak’, is the subject of a documentary!
Press release… İZMİR – A documentary has been produced to promote the “Black Orak (Sickle)” fig, a variety identified through R&D work aimed at driving growth in dried figs—a sector in which Türkiye is a world leader in both production and exports—and which is rapidly gaining ground in cultivation areas …
Read More »Agricultural machinery parts at Automechanika Istanbul!
Press release… The region’s largest gathering of the automotive aftermarket industry… Automechanika Istanbul is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2026. Having established Türkiye as one of the strategic hubs of the global automotive industry over the past quarter of a century, Automechanika Istanbul will also provide a significant …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
