Press release… More than 100 leaders will commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030… Leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests will commit to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at COP26 today£8.75 billion ($12bn) of public funds will be committed …

By Jen Skerritt and Elizabeth Elkin Two of the world’s top fertilizer producers expect the crop-nutrient price surge will continue. Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest crop-nutrient supplier, raised its full year guidance Monday as it forecast strong crop prices will support fertilizer spending. Prices for potash — a key soil …

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said that the effects of global warming have been felt hard in recent years. Davut Er Er said, “There have been astronomical increases in all input costs, especially the important cost items of the olive …

Germany plans to lower emissions from land use by 25M tons by 2030… GLASGOW, Scotland Twenty-six nations on Saturday made new pledges to alter their agricultural policies to become more sustainable and less polluting, and to invest in research needed for sustainable agriculture and protecting food supplies against climate change. …

Press release… UMSMIB’s exports are 21.7 million dollars in October… Uludağ Fruit and Vegetable Products Exporters’ Association (UMSMİB), which exported 21.7 million dollars in October with an increase of 18 percent compared to October of the previous year, realized 229.5 million dollars in exports in the 12-month period, with a …

Press release… Mustafa Terci, Chairperson of Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that their most important expectation in 2022 is to overcome the intermittent process in the poppy seed exports to India, their traditional export market. Poppy seed Terci said, “If this is achieved, it will make …

Press release… Pointing out that the focus of importers, especially from Europe and the USA, to Turkey instead of the Far East, due to the post-pandemic freight and raw material prices, had a positive effect on the export figures, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) Coordinator Chair Jak Eskinazi expressed that they …

In 2019, Turkey declared Nov. 11 as National Forestation Day. People everywhere, from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to primary school students took to empty lots to plant saplings. Two years on, planting has gained newfound importance in the aftermath of this summer’s devastating wildfires. Bekir Karacabey After months of preparations, authorities …

FAO food price index rises 3% from a month ago with gains in prices of vegetable oils, cereals… Rising for a third consecutive month, world food prices rose to a new all-time high in October, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. The FAO food price index …