By Nazrin Abdul, AZERNEWS The UN General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution designating 2026 as the “International Year of Women Farmers,” highlighting the challenges encountered by women in agricultural systems worldwide, Azernews reports. The resolution underscores the importance of addressing these obstacles and emphasizes initiatives aimed at promoting awareness, implementing effective policies, …

The theme for the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”, highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems of the world. From production of crops to processing, preparing and distributing foods, women’s labour – paid and …

Members of the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations exported a total of 241 million 49 thousand dollars of dried fruits to 94 countries in 9 months of 2024. Exports of many products, especially dried apricots and pistachios, showed significant increases. Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAİB) member companies exported 241 million 49 …

Press release… Export champion tangerine’s 2024 target 600 million dollars export… Harvest and export time has come for satsuma tangerine, the harbinger of autumn and the natural healing store of flu and colds. As a result of the examinations carried out by the ‘Commission for Determining the Cutting and Export …

Türkiye exported tea to 116 countries in 9 months… Türkiye exported 3,642 tonnes of tea to 116 countries in the first 9 months of 2023, generating 18 million 23 thousand 919 dollars in revenue. While 45 percent of the exports were carried out from Black Sea’s province of Rize. Belgium, …

Harsh weather affecting major global exporters is reducing wheat output and cutting inventories that have already been projected to hit nine-year lows while fuelling a sudden uptick in prices. Dryness afflicting suppliers from Russia, the world’s biggest, to Argentina, is making food production vulnerable as recent Russian attacks on grain ships …

The Trade Ministry announced on Thursday a change to the regulation for maize imports that would be implemented until the end of the year to ensure the supply-demand balance amid adverse climate conditions and regional and global developments, which it said affected the 2024 crop. “A significant decrease is expected …

Press release… The distant markets strategy put forward by the Ministry of Trade in recent years to diversify Türkiye’s export markets has been successfully implemented in dried fig exports. Mehmet Ali Işık, President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the share of the American continent …

A UK-based company, Osy Group, draws attention with its innovative antimicrobial packaging technology developed to extend the shelf life of fresh foods and reduce food waste by 50 percent. This new technology aims to reduce wastage by preserving the freshness of products such as fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, chicken and …

Wageningen Plant Research announced a collaboration with the Korean company DDS Bio to advance agricultural practices in South Korea through innovations in digital breeding and digital farming. This collaboration, under the project title “Fostering Climate Resilient Future with Digital Breeding and Digital Farming Innovations for Agriculture in South Korea” (FOSTER …