Cocoa yields will be “destroyed” by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned. The West African nation is the world’s largest producer of cocoa, with farmers in the Bafing-Tonkpi region supplying chocolate to global markets, including the United Kingdom. But years of depressed prices have …
Read More »Türkiye aims to export 500 million dollars of fresh fruit, vegetable and products to the UK…
Press release… Türkiye exported 248 million dollars worth of fresh fruit vegetables and fruit and vegetable products to the UK in 2024. Aiming to get a share of 500 million dollars from the UK’s 17.7 billion dollars imports of fresh fruit vegetables and fruit and vegetable products, Turkish fresh fruit …
Read More »Turkish flour industry faces challenges ahead!
At the Pre-Harvest Grain Congress organized by the Turkish National Grain Council (UHK) in Mardin, Mesut Çakmak, Chairman of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF), made important remarks about the industry. He stated that while Türkiye entered last season with high wheat stocks, it is preparing to start the new …
Read More »Olive oil exporters to focus on distant markets…
Press release… Türkiye, which ranked second in the world with an olive oil yield of 475 thousand tonnes in the 2024/25 season when olive oil yields peaked worldwide, focused on markets such as the USA, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada and Australia in order to turn the historical yield into added …
Read More »World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce its headcount by 25 percent!
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) will reduce its headcount by 25 percent to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by Agence France-Presse (AFP). U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to slash the nation’s contributions to the U.N. and its …
Read More »“City and Agriculture Panel” held with intensive participation in Ankara…
Press release… An important panel on ‘City and Agriculture’ was organised by TARPOL, the leading think tank of the agriculture sector, at Ulucanlar Semi-Open Prison Culture and Art Centre hosted by Altındağ Municipality of Ankara on Saturday, 26 April 2025. İbrahim Yumaklı The opening speeches of the panel were delivered …
Read More »Dr. Nuray Şahinler: Sudden changes in air temperatures lead to losses in bee colonies!
Professor Dr. Nuray Şahinler, Faculty Member of Uşak University Faculty of Agriculture, explained that climate change negatively affects beekeeping and sudden changes in air temperatures lead to losses in bee colonies. Dr. Nuray Şahinler She emphasised that the risk of death increases when bees that form winter clusters go out …
Read More »Hidamet Asa: We aim to ramp up our exports to 35 million dollars
Marmarabirlik (Union of the Marmara Olives Agricultural Sales Cooperatives) Chairman Hidamet Asa announced at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for the 2023/2024 business year that they targeted a turnover of 7.5 billion in 2025 and that they foresee exports to boost to 35 million dollars. In addition, drawing attention to …
Read More »Meat breed import plan from South America by Turkish Red Meat Union!
The Central Union of Red Meat Producers of Türkiye announced that it will import meat breed pregnant and non-pregnant heifers from South America in order to ramp up red meat production and reduce foreign dependency. It was reported that preliminary requests will be collected and the distribution will be carried …
Read More »Emiralioğlu: Türkiye is the largest agricultural producer in Europe!
Speaking at the greenhouse cover delivery ceremony held in western Black Sea province of Kastamonu, İhsan Emiralioğlu, Deputy General Director of Plant Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that the plant production asset, which was around 98 million tonnes in the early 2000s, reached 138 million tonnes …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
