After a difficult period for all humanity in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 crisis, experts project worse problems in the coming period, including famines related to climate change and the pandemic. In 2020, the problems related to the pandemic, such as the lack of seasonal workers, caused food production …

Turkish farmers have been paid a total of 1.25 billion euros ($1.5) billion in assistance over the last eight years as part of a project in cooperation with the European Union, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli has said. As part of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Rural Development (IPARD) Programme, 14,476 agricultural projects have been …

DAR ES SALAAM-Anadolu Agency A Tanzanian firm has sealed a 3 billion dollars deal with a Turkish investment firm to develop modern fish processing facilities and a landing port, local officials said on Nov. 28. The investment in Zanzibar-based Salmin Fisheries by Northland Capital Investment is part of the government’s “blue” economy policy …

Press release… Ender Yorgancılar, Chairman of the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), said, “How we have understood the value of walking freely in the streets during the pandemic, I wish we would not pay a similar price for water. The value of a drop of water may be more …

Press release… The exports of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) increased by 7 percent in November compared to the last year and reached 1 billion 213 million dollars. Thus, EİB achieved the highest November exports ever. On the other hand, Turkey’s exports, down 1 percent also in November, amounted to …

Turkish Packaging Manufacturers’ Association (ASD) President Zeki Sarıbekir said that hygiene is the most effective method of protection in this pandemic period. Sarıbekir said, “Packaging is a product that provides the most economical and reliable delivery and promotion of the food in the conditions in which it is produced and …

Viorel Gutu, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) sub-regional coordinator for Central Asia and representative in Turkey, said Turkey is an extremely rich country in terms of the diversity of agricultural products. The country is also among the world’s largest producers and exporters of many products such as fruit …

WHY CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE? We have started to use the concept of “circular agriculture” very frequently in order to strengthen and develop the agriculture of the country. Undoubtedly, it is necessary to consider many factors that affect agriculture and food together in order to understand to what extent this understanding is …

The U.S. capital is set to declare Dec. 5 World Turkish Coffee Culture Day following an initiative by a Turkish cultural group. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser thanked the volunteer-led Turkish Coffee Lady Foundation for “sharing the rich tradition” of Turkish coffee “and bridging cultures – one coffee at a …

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation said that though agriculture contributes around 14 to 16 per cent of the Indian GDP, still has a huge potential to play a key role in taking India to a $ 5 trillion economy. …