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Improving weather conditions in sugar-producing areas like Brazil, India factor behind price drop, experts say… A pound of sugar tested its four-year low at 0.1626 dollars on Wednesday, down 4 percent compared to the end of last month and 15 percent versus the start of the year. Expectations of an …

Tiryaki Agro has more than doubled the size of its existing facility with a new 7,500 square metre land investment in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Gaziantep. According to a statement from the company, Tiryaki Agro, which operates a total of 27 factories and processing facilities across 10 locations in three …

Gedik Chicken (Piliç), the first poultry company to export from Türkiye to EU countries, has continued its trade with the Netherlands and other European Union countries through partnerships. Following the start of exports, Gedik Piliç products have attracted significant interest from EU countries and are preparing to take their place …

Bendevi Palandöken, President of the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK), stated that comprehensive steps must be taken to ensure sustainability in agriculture and encourage young people to return to rural areas. Palandöken warned that if agriculture is not made attractive, low production and price increases will continue, and …

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has established two greenhouses for growing tea and citrus seedlings in the Lenkeran region of Azerbaijan. Baku, June, 2025 As part of a project carried out in collaboration between TİKA and the Azerbaijan Ministry of Agriculture’s Scientific Research Institute for Fruit and Tea …

Acute Food Insecurity Has Worsened, Agencies Say… New figures show that over 295 million people faced acute food insecurity and malnutrition in 2024 – with economic shocks, conflict, climate extremes, and forced displacement among the drivers. The latest numbers show that acute hunger worsened for six years in a row, according …

Press release… A workshop on dried figs was held in Türkiye’s western province of Aydın with the aim of developing the sustainable and competitive structure of the heavenly fruit, increasing its exports, and finding solutions to production and export-related problems. Mehmet Ali Işık Speaking at the ‘Dried Fig Workshop,’ Mehmet …

Approximately 1 million square kilometres of fertile land becomes unusable each year due to desertification, with 17 June designated as the ‘World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought’ by the UN since 1994. The day aims to raise awareness about the issues of desertification, land degradation and drought, with this …

June, 2025, Samsun… Professor Dr. Yusuf Demir, Head of the Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation at OMÜ Faculty of Agriculture, warned that ‘According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification,’ 135 million people worldwide are expected to migrate by 2030 as a result of this process! Professor Dr. …

Press release… Southeastern Anatolia’s exports of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products soared by 7.9 percent in the first five months of the year, reaching 1.5 billion dollars. During this period, exports reached nearly 1.9 million tonnes, a 4.5 percent hike in volume, including 431,300 tonnes of pasta, 397,900 tonnes …