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23 October

1.1 billion people in the world live in extreme poverty!

According to the report updated by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), more than 1 billion people in the world, more than half of them children, live in acute poverty. While 584 million people under the age of 18 live in extreme poverty, the rate of those suffering from extreme poverty …

22 October

Berrak Birgili writes; Evaluation of agricultural forestry in terms of traditional agricultural knowledge

Agroforestry is an important production technique implemented in many parts of the world for commercial purposes for the capitalist world and for subsistence for small farmers. The fact that it is a production technique approved in the Kyoto Protocol as the only production system that can be flexible to climate …

22 October

Ece Yücel writes; The impact of geographical indication products in sustainable rural development

Türkiye has a rich agricultural and cultural structure with its different geographical and climatic characteristics. This situation allows for the growth of various endemic plant species. This diversity enables the emergence of local products that directly represent certain geographies. Local products not only reflect the cultural heritage of the region …

22 October

Ilgın Hasırcıoğlu: Frozen bread reduces waste!

According to data from the Turkish Food Employers’ Association (TÜGİS), approximately 12 million loaves of bread are wasted every day in Türkiye. Half of this waste occurs in homes, while the other half occurs at out-of-home consumption points such as restaurants, hotels, canteens and dining halls. This wastage, caused by …

22 October

Pace of increase in agricultural input prices slows further…

The pace of annual increase in the agricultural input price index (IPI) continued to slow, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). Agricultural IPI rose by 33.3 percent year-on-year in August after increasing 47.6 percent in June and 41.6 percent in July. The monthly increase in the index also eased from …

21 October

İbrahim Yumaklı: New strategies for the future to be determined during the Agriculture and Forestry Council

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı disclosed that they are planning to organise the Agriculture and Forestry Council in April 2025. Emphasizing once again the importance Türkiye attaches to water and irrigation investments, Yumaklı stated that water and irrigation play a critical role in terms of food supply security …

21 October

Şemsi Bayraktar: 88 percent of women farmers have no social security!

Şemsi Bayraktar, President of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), made a statement on the occasion of 15 October International Women Farmers’ Day and emphasised the critical role of women in agriculture. Bayraktar stated that women make important contributions in all areas of life, from agricultural production to child …

21 October

Ahmet Tiryakioğlu: Cereal exports reached 8.7 billion dollars in the first 9 months

Press release… The total exports of the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which includes basic food products such as biscuits, wheat flour, vegetable oils, sugary and cocoa products and pasta, were announced as 8.7 billion dollars at the end of the third quarter. While wheat flour exports decreased by …

20 October

Exports of agricultural products from Aegean Region surpass 7.5 billion dollars!

Press release… The exports of agricultural products made by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), the leader of agricultural products exports in Türkiye, surged by 3.2 percent on 15 October 2024 from 7 billion 298 million to 7 billion 532 million dollars, exceeding 7.5 billion dollars for the first time in …

20 October

Kadri Gündeş: Our average export price in olive exports soared from 1.84 to 2.70 dollars

Press release… Turkish olives appreciated 46 percent in dollar terms… M. Kadri Gündeş, Vice President of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), announced that 97 percent of Türkiye’s 210 million dollars table olive exports in the 2023/24 season were packaged exports. Kadri Gündeş Underlining that the average …