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HÜSEYİN VATANSEVER: PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE ENDORSED IN THE PARLIAMENT

Press release… April 29, 2020 While Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic enhances the awareness concerning nature destructions of which the cause of climate changes, Paris Climate Agreement, signed by Turkey in 2016, can not enter into force for not has been adopted in Parliament. Turkey who inked the agreement in 2015 so …

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DR. SELİM ÇETİNER: NOT POSSIBLE TO FEED THE WORLD WITH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

“Organic agriculture costs the planet greatly!” Sabancı University Lecturer Dr. Selim Çetiner said that in order to provide sufficient and high quality nutrients to the world population, which is expected to be 10 billion in 2050, maximum efficiency should be obtained from the unit area and this should be done …

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NEPTÜN SOYER: IF AGRICULTURE STOPS, LIFE STOPS; WE NEED PRODUCTION MOBILIZATION

We are in the days when the local production, the value of the soil, the domestic seed and the need to fight for it are once again understood. The coronavirus reminded us of the importance of our food needs as well as healthcare and drug supply… Neptün Soyer, who is …

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE…

At an international meeting where I attended three years ago in Brussels, the speech of Ellen MacArthur, a British social entrepreneur on the topic of ‘Circular economy’, which had great repercussions in the world, left a deep impression on me. Last year during the World Congress of International Federation of …

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INDIA BANS SOME SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS AS OF OCTOBER 2…

India is set to impose a nationwide ban on some single-use plastic items on Oct. 2, with the goal of eliminating all such items by 2022.  India generates about 26,000 metric tons of plastic waste daily, much of which ends up as litter. As part of implementing the ban, the …

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Uğural writes; new pursuits in fresh fruits and vegetables

This article cited from FreshTurkey Magazine… First of all, let’s start to write with an interesting news. There is a following clause in the analysis made by the Union of Agricultural Chambers of Turkey (TZOB): “Turkey where ranks number 1 in the world production of quince, lost the first place …

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Disposable Plastic Bags Prohibited In New Zealand

Disposable plastic bags prohibited in New Zealand… Number of countries implementing similar prohibitions exceeded 80… In New Zealand, the regulation prohibiting the use of disposable plastic bags to a very large extent entered into force. As of July 1, 2019, the sale and use of disposable plastic bags by the …

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INDIAN SCIENTISTS; STOP BURNING THE FIELDS, STOP THE POLLUTION!

Every year, a choking smog descends on northwest India as the region’s farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest – a phenomenon that has helped make New Delhi one of the world’s most polluted cities. Now, scientists have come up with a method that would allow farmers to sow …

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FAHRETTİN POYRAZ: WE EVALUATE CHINA FROM LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

‘We evaluate China from long-term perspective’ Fahrettin Poyraz, General Manager of the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey (TTKKMB), said that there would be tides in international relations, but they viewed events in terms of institutions and Turkey in the long run. “We have already been working on the Chinese market …

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UN REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS FOOD SECURITY GLOBALLY

The food and agriculture industries must reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the board to prevent catastrophic warming, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). August 8th, 2019 H. Claire Brown On Thursday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—a global group of scientists convened …

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