Held on April 22, Earth Day is an annual day that unites individuals focusing on protecting the planet by preventing disasters that are occurring more frequently due to climate change and environmental destruction, in other words “saving the world” This Thursday, April 22, will be the world’s 51st Earth Day, …

The EU on April 16 granted protected geographical indication (PGI) registration to the Taşköprü garlic from the Black Sea province of Kastamonu.  Residents in the province celebrated the completion of a three-month waiting period for granting the registration. The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli welcomed the move on Twitter and said: “Taşköprü garlic, the world-famous ‘white …

Chairperson of Turkish National Pulses Council (UBK) Abdullah Özdemir said that Turkey has become a net exporter by making foreign sales of pulses worth 973 million dollars in the last three years. Özdemir also stated that a foreign trade surplus of 125 million dollars occurred during this period. Noting that …

Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB) Chairperson Nihat Çelik said that he asked for the disclosure of profiteers who increase food prices because of the Ramadan and to be given the most severe punishment to these people. In his written statement, Çelik pointed out that despite the measures …

Press release… Turkish aquaculture and animal products sector is happy by exceeding 2.5 billion dollars in exports in the last year. The Turkish aquaculture and animal products sector, which aims to export 3 billion dollars in 2023, carried its exports from 2 billion 436 million dollars to 2 billion 523 …

BESD-BİR announced that there were negative news about the price hikes regarding white meat products at certain times of the year and asked that the evaluations on the price of chicken meat be made on the whole chicken. The Association of Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders (BESD-BİR) made a statement …

Russia prepares to rise the tomato import quota of 250 thousand tonnes to 300 thousand tonnes, applied to Turkey, which delights producers and exporters who are about to fill the existing quota. According to the reports of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1.1 billion tonnes of fresh …

It was reported that undercover banana production rose by 3.5 times in the last 5 years in Turkey during the “Banana E-Workshop” held in Antalya province. According to the statement made by the Antalya Commodity Exchange, the “Banana E-Workshop”, which was organized online in cooperation with the Antalya Agriculture and …

Türkşeker (Turkish Sugar Factories), authorized to export 60 percent of the “C sugar” produced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Sugar Department, has exported 80 thousand tonnes of sugar and earned approximately 30 million dollars. According to the statement made by Türkşeker who applied its “contract farming” experience in …

Making a statement on food waste, İstanbul Commodity Exchange (İSTİB) Vice Chairman Hakkı İsmet Aral said that they aim to prevent 3 billion dollars of food waste in two years. It began to speed up works against food wastage in Turkey. Stating that Istanbul Commodity Exchange started its studies on …