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Nov 6, 2025… A sustainable bioeconomy uses natural resources in a regenerative way that’s mindful of justice and ethics, and contributes to a nature-positive future. COP30 in Belém, Brazil will address five bioeconomy issues: forests, agriculture, social bioeconomy, biotechnology and finance. The private sector can support the bioeconomy by speeding …

Established on 16 April 1999, the Turkish Mineral Water Producers’ Association (MASUDER) represents the mineral water sector in Türkiye and with a total of 21 members, including 14 producer companies, accounts for 80 percent of mineral water production in our country. Our association is a member of the Union of …

Agriculture has reached its adaptive threshold. Industrial efficiency, once its engine, now threatens its foundation. The path forward is not a return to the past but an advance into nature’s own logic and R&D that has developed a system of refined resilience over 3+ billion years. Biomimetic agriculture is not …

In our country, the average annual rainfall is 574 mm, but in the 2025 water year, it was 422.5 mm nationwide. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, rainfall was 26% below normal and 29% below last year’s rainfall. The General Directorate of Meteorology announced that the water year rainfall …

Press release… 2025 will likely be remembered worldwide as the year of Trump. Trump, with his new leadership style, left a deep mark on the world in every area, from politics to economics. While the US strengthened its economy through tariff pressure, Asian countries, especially China, India and Indonesia, continued …

As 2025 became one of the hottest years on record globally, the effects of the climate crisis were felt sharply in Türkiye as well. A national temperature record was broken in Silopi district of Şırnak province; the majority of the country experienced “extreme drought,” and rainfall dropped to its lowest …

Gene editing (Crispr, Talen, etc.) techniques have been heavily utilized for developing new plant genotypes and registering new varieties. This method, also defined as New Breeding Techniques (NBT) or New Genomic Techniques (NGT), is particularly successful at shortening the plant breeding period. Gene editing is essentially an artificial mutation. Initially …

Early harvest oils were born out of necessity, but the legend has spread so far that it’s even outgrown its reach. It has been surprised by itself 🙂Particularly in Türkiye, they’ve almost never called it “olive oil” if it is not early harvest, non-cold-pressed oil! “Early” harvest. As the name …

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The Turkish Pasta Industrialists’ Association (TMSD) and the Pasta Producers and Industrialists’ Association (MÜSAD), under the umbrella of the International Pasta Organisation (IPO), are taking on a great pride this year: World Pasta Day 2025, which will take place in Istanbul from October 24–26. This journey, which began in Rome …