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By Guy Shone & Laila Humairah  •  Updated: 09/12/2021 Who doesn’t love chocolate? Lots of us find it hard to resist, which means we are contributing to the more than seven million metric tonnes consumed worldwide every year. All that desire to eat the sweet treat has made the chocolate industry worth over 124 …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that they achieved an export of 160.2 million dollars in November by increasing 44 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the increases in freight …

Gülle: The exports of our industry reached 270 million dollars İsmail Gülle, Chair of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) said that 235,000 tonnes of olive oil harvest is expected for the 2021/22 season. İsmail Gülle Gülle said, “There is an increase of 32 percent in this field compared to last …

Reminding that 70 percent of the banana consumed 20 years ago was imported, WPC-Walnut Chairman Berk Noyan said, “Now, domestic production meets 90 percent of the demand. We wrote a success story in bananas, we can also do it in walnuts.” Berk Noyan Turkey, which ranks third after China and …

Press release… Double happiness in chestnut export. Turkey’s chestnut exports soared by 31 percent from 5 thousand 164 tonnes to 6 thousand 781 tonnes in the January-November period of 2021, while the amount of foreign exchange obtained from chestnuts increased by 79 percent from 13.2 million dollars to 23.7 million …

Press release… Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) Chairman of the Board Davut Er said that in terms of world olive tree wealth, Spain ranks first with 330 million trees.” Davut Er Er said, “Although our country ranks 2nd with 193 million trees, it ranks 2nd and 3rd …

Number of cattle, ovine in Turkey stood at 18.16M, 54.1M in 2020, higher than any EU member state… Turkey leads all European countries in the number of cattle and ovine, according to official figures. Turkey had 18.16 million head of cattle in 2020, with the closest EU member being France …

Turkey and Iran Grain imports increased hugely year-on-year in August 2021, while large exporters such as the US or Brazil, and major importers like China or Spain, were receding. As Turkey and Iran are very arid countries, they necessarily rely on Grain imports to add to their Grain production. Domestic …

Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all… In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. …

The Ministry of Agriculture rolled up its sleeves to clean the seas more. The capacity of mussel farms will increase. The purpose of mussel farms is to both clean the seas and provide healthy mussel consumption. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Mussels that will filter the Marmara water. In other words, it …