Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) ramped up its exports from 1 billion 281 million dollars to 1 billion 634 million dollars with a spike of 28 percent in March and broke the record in the history of the Republic on a monthly basis. All 12 exporters’ associations under the …

Photography exhibition depicting food waste opens in Izmir… Press release… 5 April 2022, Izmir – In support of the national “Save Your Food” campaign against food loss and waste in Turkey, FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, with the support of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, are jointly …

Although chickpeas and beans don’t usually belong in a pudding, they are core ingredients in one of the oldest – and, some say, one of the most delicious – desserts in the world. Ashure It was a cold, drizzly January day in Istanbul and I was searching for inspiration at Goreme, …

Press release… Deputy Sındır: Antep pistachio production decreased by 60 percent, the green gold producer was left alone! CHP (Republican People’s Party) İzmir Deputy Professor Dr. Kamil Okyay Sındır brought the problems of Antep pistachio and Siirt pistachio producers to the agenda of the Parliament and said that the government …

Due to the wrong agricultural policies based on imports implemented in Turkey, astronomical price hikes are experienced in the food sector. Abdullah Melik, Head of Şanlıurfa (Turkiye’s prominent southeastern province) Branch of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, said that the problems that reached the level of famine could only be …

Ukraine is the most important sunflower growing country in the world. What are the consequences of the war for the global market? Kleffmann Digital has been using the satellite-based CropRadar system to measure the cultivation area in Ukraine for several years. In the 2021 season, the sunflower area in Ukraine …

Turkish climate scientist warns extreme weather events will become more violent, more frequent, more widespread in future… With the average temperature of Earth rising every year, there could be a spike in extreme weather conditions worldwide. Numerous studies indicate the increasing number of floods, storms, droughts and extreme weather conditions …

Press release… While the tomato quantity index decreased by 20.46 percent annually, the price index increased by 191.76 percent. While the vegetable quantity index decreased by 8.95 percent annually, the price index increased by 143.14 percent. The fruit quantity index increased by 32.98 percent annually, while the price index increased …

Russia has introduced restrictions on the export of grains, of which it is a major supplier, to four former Soviet countries to secure domestic supplies and avoid a spike in prices. “Russia is introducing a temporary ban on the exportation of grains to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union,” the government’s press …

For most of us, food usually represents sustenance and sometimes gastronomic pleasure, however, some among us see and appreciate food as a reservoir of information that holds up a mirror to the past as a narrator of history. Ceren Bozkurt For a region rich in history like Anatolia, this particular …