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Workers in agriculture at higher risks of heat stress and they also suffer from high exposure to pesticides which can also be detrimental to their health, senior ILO official says… London… As global temperatures have been continuously increasing due to climate change with severe impacts on people’s health, and labor …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they achieved an export of 143.8 million dollars in May, an increase of 8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the harvest period …

Press release… In the 10-month period (1 September 2022-30 June 2023) of the 2022/2023 hazelnut export season, which started on September 1, 2022; hazelnut exports from Türkiye reached 262 thousand 710 tonnes, and a foreign exchange inflow of 1 billion 581 million 247 thousand US dollars was provided in return. …

Press release… International quotations for all major cereals decline, but high domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries… Rome – The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined again in June, led by price decreases for all major cereals and most types of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

Press release… The Turkish aquaculture and animal products industry, which ramped up its exports to the United States from $71 million to $105 million in 2022 with an increase of 48 percent, laid the groundwork for new commercial connections at the New York Fancy Food Show. The Aegean Fisheries and …

Press release… The 9-day Eid al-Adha holiday brought about a decline in export figures. Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) exports in June decreased by 5.3 percent from 1 billion 694 million dollars to 1 billion 604 million dollars. While 3 of the 12 exporters’ associations under the umbrella of EIB exceeded …

New 2022 tree cover loss data analysis, released today on the Global Forest Review, shows tropical primary forest loss in 2022 totaled 4.1 million hectares, the equivalent of losing 11 football (soccer) fields of forest per minute. We are rapidly losing one of our most effective tools for fighting climate …

The National Grain Council (UHT) has revised its wheat production estimate for 2023 from a previous 20.75 million tonnes to 21.5 million tonnes amid better-than-expected precipitation. After a dry winter, precipitation was strong in many regions in the months of March, April and May, the council said in a report. The average rainfall …

Global food prices under multiple stressors, with global warming a long-term risk, economists warn,,, Increasingly frequent extreme weather events could trigger more spikes in food prices, as supply-side pressures call for mitigation and adaptation, economists told Anadolu.  As the world grapples with a cost of living crisis, especially after the …

Press release… ANKARA – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar, in the press statement, said that while evaluating the sacrificial prices, they estimate that this year, approximately 785 thousand cattle, 2 million 600 thousand sheep and goats, a total of 3 million 385 thousand sacrificial animals will …