Press release… Dr. Ayşegül Selışık: The Nobel Peace Prize shows that peace and food stand side by side Reminding that World Food Day is celebrated with the theme of “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.”, Dr. Ayşegül Selışık said that supporting food security provision means supporting peace …
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MAGNIFICENT TRIO BRINGS OVER 1 BILLION DOLLARS…
Press release… Exports of grapes, figs and apricots in the dried fruit sector exceeded 1 billion dollars… Demand increased during the pandemic period for raisins, apricots and figs in WHO’s (World Health Organization) list of healthy products Demand increased during the pandemic for raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, which …
Read More »İZMİR CULINARY CULTURE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED…
Press release… Volunteers who set out to introduce Izmir’s culinary culture to the world started their activities.Sibel Önbaş, Founding President of İzmir Culinary Culture Association: “We will ensure that İzmir cuisine is included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network” İzmir Culinary Culture Association started its activities. While the foundation of …
Read More »PANDEMIC SETS A RECORD FOR TABLE OLIVE EXPORTS…
Press release… 200 million dollars is targeted for table olive exports… During the pandemic period, when people stuck at home, it regained breakfast culture. The Covid-19 virus has boosted the demand for table olives that strengthen the immune system, thus a record was set in table olive exports. Turkey has …
Read More »‘NURSING BABY’ PROJECT EXPANDS ACROSS IZMIR!
Press release… Children in Tire, Beydağ, Çeşme, Karaburun and Kiraz districts will also benefit by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality’s ‘Nursing Baby’ project from now on. Thus, there will be no district in Izmir province where the project is not implemented. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality continues to deliver the healthy milk it gets …
Read More »AGRICULTURE SECTOR MEETS THE AGRI-FINTECH CONCEPT…
In the last 5 years, the number of companies that have developed products and services on financial technologies has increased rapidly. The common purpose of these companies is to design new technologies that aim to improve and automate of financial services and bring them together with the peoples. Hundreds of …
Read More »COTTON LONGS FOR THE DAYS WHEN USED TO BE ‘WHITE GOLD’…
Press release… Stakeholders of the textile and apparel industry, having produced value added over 60 billion dollars in 2019, are not happy with the implemented policies related to cotton as the main raw material of these sectors. Across the Anatolia, which is an ancient cotton geography, 43 percent of the …
Read More »FAMOUS BUFFALO CREAM OF BOLU REGION GETS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION…
Bolu’s famous water buffalo cream was registered by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office and received a geographical indication. Bolu (a northwestern province in Turkey) Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Türker Ateş said, “Afyon’s cream is famous. Bolu’s buffalo cream is also famous. From now on, we will say …
Read More »HAPPY WORLD EGG DAY!
World Egg Day is celebrated every year on the second Friday in October. On World Egg Day, events are held across the world celebrating the egg. The first World Egg Day was celebrated in 1996 and since then we have seen a variety of wonderful events taking place internationally, with people …
Read More »“THERE IS AGRICULTURE, THERE IS LIFE”
Press release… While meat and milk prices continue to increase in markets and grocery stores in our country, the input costs of the producers such as feed, fuel oil, electricity, water and fertilizer are constantly increasing. However milk price has been the same since 15 November 2019. Animal slaughter prices …
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