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West Africa demands cocoa processing!

July 2026… The West African producers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon met in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on 16 July, where they signed a joint declaration to work toward more local processing of cocoa butter and powder while discouraging raw cocoa exports. Beyond local processing, they pledged to …

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Orhan Atacan: Climate-resilient agriculture is now a must!

Press release… July 2026… New Turning Point in Agriculture: Climate, Water and Resilience Pressures Are Increasing Climate change, increasing pressure on water resources, and rising food demand are making sustainability essential for the continuity of production in the agriculture and food sector. Rising temperatures, drought and extreme weather events directly …

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Tolga Saylan: Maintaining our farmers’ trust is our greatest responsibility

Press release… Tolga Saylan, CEO of Erkunt Tractor, stated that lasting success in the agricultural sector is achieved not only by developing a good product but also by honouring the promises made to farmers, adding that they place farmers’ needs and satisfaction at the heart of every decision they make. …

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PACE launches Europe’s first full-scale retrofitted biorefinery to transform potato juice into sustainable bio-based chemicals…

Amsterdam, June 26, 2026… Industrializing Circular Chemistry… A new European flagship project is set to demonstrate at industrial scale, how an underutilized side-stream from the potato processing industry can become a valuable source of sustainable chemicals. PACE (Potato Juice to Fatty Acids for New Bio-based Value-Chains in Europe) will demonstrate …

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SOFI 2026: Hunger not inevitable, FAO says as global hunger report shows progress

Press release… July 2026… Director-General calls for open markets and protecting vulnerable people amid uncertain outlook… Rome – Three consecutive years of progress in reducing global hunger demonstrate that hunger is not inevitable, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said Tuesday at …

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A new FAO report examines how shocks affect global coffee, cocoa and tea markets and outlines policy options to address structural vulnerabilities…

Press release… July 2026… Analysis finds supply and demand shocks drive most price swings, with producers and consumers affected differently… Rome – International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

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Turkish dried fruits promoted in India through the TURQUALITY Project!

Press release… July 2026… Yusuf Gabay, Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations and Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye is a reliable supplier in global markets for seedless dried grapes, dried figs and dried apricots in global markets not …

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Cengiz Balık: The Far East will be a key pillar of our growth strategy

Press release… July 2026… Aegean fresh fruit and vegetable exporters, who supply over a hundred products—ranging from citrus fruits to figs and from grapes to tomato paste and pickles—to global markets, ramped up their exports by 2 percent to 572 million dollars in the first half of 2026. Fresh fruit …

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agri benchmark Cash Crop Conference 2026; improved yields did not automatically restore farm margins in 2025!

Press release… Budapest, Hungary, June 2026: The agri benchmark Cash Crop Conference 2026, hosted by the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), brought together international experts from agriculture, research, industry and policy to discuss the sector’s central challenges: how crop farms can remain competitive while adapting to increasingly volatile markets, rising …

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Wheat prices hit a two-year high!

The price of wheat per bushel rose to as high as 7.0850 dollars on international markets today, reaching a two-year high. ISTANBUL… July 2026… Whilst grain markets are seeing rises due to geopolitical risks and concerns over weather conditions in the US, wheat is among the commodities attracting the most …

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