In 2020, it was estimated the world’s food system contributed 37 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050 that figure is due to increase by another 30-40 percent. Today, 75 percent of the global diet is based on just 12 plants, and 5 animal species, and 2 billion people …

ISTANBUL… Commodity markets are struggling to find direction in the third week of the new year, as dovish pricing, particularly regarding central banks, continues to lose strength, and after having selling pressure in the first two weeks, the markets took a mixed course last week. Cocoa Increasing demand for the …

A roadmap for livestock farming in Türkiye that will be implemented until 2028 has been prepared and will soon be made public, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has said. İbrahim Yumaklı “We are preparing this roadmap, which will protect our producers and our consumers, with the input of the sector,” Yumaklı said on …

To respond to changing conditions, including but not limited to climate variability and change, transboundary water allocation agreements and other arrangements should be adaptable. New transboundary water allocation agreements and other arrangements need to be designed tobe adaptable in the medium and long-terms to changing hydrological, climatic and other related …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Head of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (EYMSİB), said that they successfully carried out many projects to ramp up their exports in 2023. “We ended our 2 Urge (Development of International Competitiveness) Projects, which we carried out with the participation of a total of …

The National Milk Council (USK – NMC) determined the raw milk recommendation price to be 13.5 liras for the producer. Milk producers reacted to the decision. Tevfik Keskin Tevfik Keskin, President of the Central Union of Türkiye Milk Producers, said, “The raw milk price was already 12.5 liras. Only 1 …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, the member of National Hazelnut Council (UFK), stated that they foresee a partial recovery in the European markets, adding that buyers will continue to act very cautiously and that they expect a season in which orders will be formed according to market movements. Sebahattin Arslantürk Pointing …

Press release… Within the scope of the Development of International Competitiveness (Ur-Ge) Project “Enhancing the Export Capacity and Ensuring the Sustainability of Turkish Tea” approved by the Ministry of Trade by the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in order to examine new production models and technologies and innovative methods …

In a move to enhance consumer protection, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has introduced measures to prohibit the production of sauce artificially flavoured with lemon aroma in the domestic market. Selim Kaplan Selim Kaplan, head of Food Enterprises and Codex Department, at the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, elaborated on the decision, …

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which is the leader of plant product exports in the Aegean Region by exporting the flavours of Anatolia to all over the world, has doubled its exports in the last 6 years. EYMSİB set an export target of 1 billion …