Press release… EIB Coordinator President Jak Eskinazi evaluated the export target in the MTP! Evaluating the announced Medium Term Programme (MTP) targets, Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator President of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), pointed out that in order to reach the export target of 302.2 billion dollars, it is necessary to …
Read More »FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX DECLINES IN AUGUST…
Press release… 08/09/2023 Strong supply conditions push international commodity quotations lower except for rice and sugar… Rome – International food commodity prices declined in August, led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes …
Read More »USA, LEADER IN DRIED FIG EXPORTS!
Press release… USA is the leader in dried fig exports… In the 2022/23 season, the United States was at the top of dried fig exports from Türkiye with an amount of 39.7 million dollars. Dried figs to the USA were 31.9 million dollars in the same period in the 2021/22 …
Read More »BULENT UCAK: HARD DAYS IN WHITE GOLD AS THE HARVEST SEASON APPROACHES
Press release… While cotton prices abroad are at the level of 58-59 liras, the price of 45-46 liras in the country makes producers brooding. Unprecedented negativities threaten the sustainability of cotton production… As the 2023/24 harvest season approaches, cotton, which is called white gold, is experiencing difficult days. Despite the …
Read More »MEHMET ALI ISIK: OUR EXPORT TARGET IN DRIED FIGS IS 300 MILLION DOLLARS
Press release… There is an excitement to start the new season in dried figs, the fruit of paradise. It was predicted that the 2023 yield of dried figs, in which Türkiye is the world leader in production and exports, will be at the level of 2022. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairperson …
Read More »AEGEAN EXPORTERS EXCEED 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN AUGUST…
Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations’ (EIB) exports in August were recorded as 1 billion 522 million dollars. In August 2022, EIB’s exports, which reached 1 billion 531 million dollars in August, decreased by 0.5 per cent. While the members of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations exported 12 billion 179 million dollars …
Read More »SEBAHATTIN ARSLANTURK: ONE THIRD OF HAZELNUT EXPORTS MADE FROM TRABZON
Press release… In the 2022/2023 hazelnut export season, which started on 1 September 2022 and ended on 31 August 2023, the amount of hazelnuts exported from Türkiye in the 2022/2023 hazelnut export season was 299 thousand 462 tonnes and 1 billion 798 million 876 thousand dollars of foreign currency inflow …
Read More »WHY REDUCING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IS SO CRITICAL?
BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE SAFEST AND MOST-COST EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR THE WORLD…
In coordination with UN, Türkiye continues efforts to revive Black Sea grain deal… ISTANBUL… Following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, which was implemented with the UN’s mediation and Turkey’s contribution, efforts to revive the deal continue. At a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov …
Read More »FAO; LAND USE IN AGRICULTURE BY THE NUMBERS…
Land – a notion which broadly includes climate, topography, vegetation, soils and other natural resources – is the basis for agriculture, and the interaction between these components is vital for determining the productivity and sustainability of agro-ecosystems. Especially in the face of climate change and variability, selecting the right land …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
