Turkish Red Crescent delegation head says organization operating in country since 2011 when Somalia suffered deadly famine… MOGADISHU, Somalia A soup kitchen in the Somali capital run by the Turkish Red Crescent feeds 3,150 people daily and distributes food to many parts of Mogadishu. The Turkish humanitarian organization has been …

Press release… İzmir Commodity Exchange Board Member Erol Avni Bozkurt: “While the increase in global freight prices affects exporters all over the world in a similar way, the rise in domestic transportation prices negatively influences the competitiveness of our exporting companies” İzmir Commodity Exchange Board Member Erol Avni Bozkurt mentioned …

Within the scope of a project aimed to train farming practices to African villagers at risk of starvation, a Turkish agronomist has been spending days in Malawi teaching the locals what to plant to feed themselves. “You know the famous saying, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a …

Products such as food, animal feed and bio jet fuel will be produced at the facility… The opening of the biorefinery facility, which was established within the scope of the Integrated Biorefinery Concept for Bioeconomy Driven Development (INDEPENDENT), was held on Friday, January 7, 2022. Developed in cooperation with Boğaziçi …

Turkiye’s salmon exports increased by 132 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, reaching 130 million dollars After reaching a weight of half a kilogram in established farms in inland waters, rainbow trout, which is grown in farms in the Black Sea and marketed as “Turkish salmon”, raises its …

Şafak Kırbiç, Chairman of the Board of Trakya Birlik (Union of Thrace Oil Seeds Agricultural Sales Cooperatives), said that the Union operates in 13 provinces. Indicating that the Union has carried out important works with its partners, Kırbiç said, “Trakya Birlik is the sector leader that trades more than 20 …

Stating that the increase in plant-based products would be better for greenhouse gas emissions, Bahçeşehir University Head of Gastronomy Department Professor Dr. Y. Birol Saygı said that the food industry will change for a more sustainable world, especially in the name of population growth. Pointing out that one of the …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak: Turkiye is a unique country in terms of agricultural crops diversity Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB) Chairperson Hayrettin Uçak said that in 2020, they broke a very important record in the history of the Association. Uçak said, “We have ensured the sustainability of …

As efforts aiming to curb food waste in each stage of food processing, from farms and fields to the table, continue unceasingly, Turkiye’s Agriculture Ministry has published a guideline on the fight against food waste at food outlets. The guide states that an aisle discount may be applied to fruits and vegetables that arouse …

Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Birol Celep, announced that as of 2021, total dried fruit exports increased by 12.6 percent and amounted to approximately 1.6 billion dollars. Birol Celep Celep said, “If we are going to increase our exports to 250 billion dollars in 2022, …