FAO initiates integrated land-use planning in Turkey… Turkey’s limited agricultural land is increasingly affected by competition from mutually exclusive land uses. Demands on the land for cropping, grazing, forestry and industrial and urban development are greater than the land resources available, especially as land users from various sectors compete in …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry issued a report of vegetable production in Turkey… According to this report, total vegetable production has increased about 5 million tons thanks to “implemented policies and rising productivity” since 2002. “The amount of production increased by 5.4 percent in cereals and other crops, 2.7 percent …

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 173 points in June 2019, down marginally (0.3 percent) from May and very close to its level in June 2018. Lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset increases in the prices of cereals, sugar and meat; ending almost five …