THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
Press release… Turkey’s 10-month exports of aquaculture products totalled 1 billion 404 million dollars… Sea bass The world liked Turkish sea bass and sea bream fresh, Turkish salmon and trout frozen. While the world demanded Turkish sea bass and sea bream fresh, Turkish salmon and trout were mostly consumed frozen. …
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November, 2023
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10 November
SEBAHATTIN ARSLANTURK: WE NEED POLICIES THAT WILL ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY IN HAZELNUT EXPORTS
Press release… In the first two months of the 2023/2024 hazelnut export season, which started on 1 September 2023; hazelnut exports from türkiye reached 54 thousand 78 tonnes and 356 million 918 thousand dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided in return. Sebahattin Arslantürk Sebahattin Arslantürk, Vice President of the …
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10 November
GEOTHERMAL, THE EMPLOYMENT SOURCE OF ENERGY SECTOR…
Press release… Ali Kındap, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Geothermal Energy Association (JED), said that the sector currently employs over 20 thousand people in areas such as energy production, thermal tourism, residential heating and geothermal greenhouses. “IT CAN MULTIPLY ITS EMPLOYMENT BY FIVE TIMES” Stating that geothermal …
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10 November
BOSPHORUS WITNESSES ABUNDANCE IN BLUEFISH!
ISTANBUL… With the fishing season entering its second month, the Istanbul Strait is currently experiencing an abundance of a highly consumed fish, the bluefish, widely referred as the “prince of Bosphorus,” for the past 10 days. Fishermen noted that they catch bluefish on the Black Sea side of Bosphorus, citing …
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10 November
DROUGHT THREATENS TURKIYE’S AGRICULTURAL FUTURE!
ANKARA… The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has issued a stark warning about the impending impact of drought on Türkiye’s agricultural sector, specifically pointing to a significant decrease in the production of vital crops and its adverse effects on animal husbandry. The ministry, which highlights the potentially devastating consequences until 2050, …
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7 November
FAO; COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD
FAO assesses that globally 46 countries/territories, including 33 in Africa, ten in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Persisting and intensifying conflicts are key drivers of the severest levels of acute food insecurity, with recent concerns …
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7 November
SAFFET KALYONCU: REGIONAL EXPORTS FROM EASTERN BLACK SEA SOARED BY 8 PERCENT
Press release… In the Eastern Black Sea Region, which is under the jurisdiction of the General Secretariat of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), in the January-October period of 2023, exports from Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane provinces amounted to 1 billion 162 million 258 thousand 626 dollars and there …
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6 November
ALI KINDAP: TURKIYE COULD BE A LEADING FOOD EXPORTER BY USING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Press release… TOMATOES IN PAIN, BANANAS IN VAN, STRAWBERRIES IN ERZURUM NOT IMPOSSIBLE… GEOTHERMAL GREENHOUSES ARE THE KEY TO BOOST PRODUCTION IN AGRICULTURE… GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ASSOCIATION (JED) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALİ KINDAP:“BY INCREASING OUR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITH GEOTHERMAL GREENHOUSES, WE CAN REDUCE FOOD PRICES AND BECOME ONE …
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6 November
YUMAKLI: TURKIYE BOOSTED ITS CERTIFIED SEED PRODUCTION BY TEN TIMES
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that the ministry’s work on ancestral (heirloom) seeds continues and that 37 types of ancestral seeds registered so far have been taken under protection in gene banks. İbrahim Yumaklı Minister Yumaklı also said that agricultural production should be increased through efficient production. …
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6 November
“TURKISH SPICES ARE PRODUCED BASED ON TRACEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY”
Press release… World spice industry unites against residues… The agenda of spice exporters is sustainability and food safety… Spice producers and exporters from all over Europe came together in Brussels for the sustainability of residue-free production and exports. The Technical Committee Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA), one of …
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