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January, 2024

  • 26 January

    Mehmet Ali Işık: Türkiye is the world leader in sultanas, dried apricots and dried figs

    Press release… Dried fruit exports from the Aegean Region run to 1 billion dollars… Türkiye the world leader in sultanas, dried apricots and dried figs… Dried fruit exports entered 2024 with a spike of 37 percent… Mehmet Ali Işık The dried fruit sector, which introduced Türkiye to exports and is …

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  • 25 January

    Ferhat Gürüz: Our export unit prices soared!

    Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that the Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector evaluated 4 million 670 thousand tonnes of products in international markets in 2023. Ferhat Gürüz Ferhat Gürüz said that they have achieved …

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  • 25 January

    Türkiye set an export target of 5 billion dollars for 2028 in fruit and vegetable products exports…

    Press release… Exports of fruit and vegetable products from the Aegean Region exceeded 1 billion dollars annually… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which is the leader of Türkiye’s fruit and vegetable products exports, is happy to exceed 1 billion dollars in fruit and vegetable products exports in …

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  • 24 January

    Feeding the future; the pivotal role of fertilizers in global food security

    The United Nations estimates that the current world population of 8.1 billion people could reach over 10 billion before the end of the century. The challenges of feeding a growing population are considerable under any circumstances, and they are further complicated by the shift towards urbanization.  As more people move …

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  • 24 January

    Hayrettin Uçak: We realised 23 percent of Türkiye’s fruits, vegetables and products exports

    Press release… Stating that they broke export records in many product groups in the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic and brought 1 billion 330 million dollars of foreign currency to Türkiye with an export increase of 7 percent, Hayrettin Uçak, Head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ …

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  • 24 January

    Yumaklı: Animal imports will only be carried out by the state!

    Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has said that from now on, animal imports that disrupt market balances will only be carried out by the state. “There will be no private sector. The ESK [Meat and Milk Board] and the unions will give us their demands. We will select and bring …

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  • 23 January

    Turkish fishery and animal product exporters participated in the Winter Fancy Food Show…

    Press release… Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, which alone carries out 43 percent of Türkiye’s exports in the fisheries and animal products sector, participated in the Winter Fancy Food Show Fair held in Las Vegas between 21-23 January 2024 and promoted Turkish aquatic products which prepared the ground …

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  • 23 January

    Food of the Future!

    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 …

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  • 23 January

    Agricultural commodity markets remain mixed in first weeks of 2024…

    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 …

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  • 22 January

    A new roadmap to be prepared for Turkish livestock!

    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 …

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