Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin #1, 10 February 2023… International prices of wheat fell again in January, as the short-term outlook for global supplies continued to improve, in particular following latest estimates of larger 2022 outputs in Australia and the Russian Federation than earlier expected. By contrast, international …
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February, 2023
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14 February
AMOUNT OF COLLECTED COW MILK DECREASES IN DECEMBER…
The amount of cow milk collected by commercial dairy enterprises decreased by 0.4 percent in December compared to the same month of the previous year. The amount of collected cow’s milk decreased by 0.4 percent… The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the December 2022 Milk and Dairy Products Production data. …
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14 February
LAND HUNTING HALTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY!
Land hunting halted across Türkiye… It has been decided to stop land hunting across the country until further notice. In the statement made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, it was reported that land hunting has been halted in Türkiye until a second announcement due to the earthquake disaster …
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13 February
CARE ABOUT BIODIVERSITY? PUSH FOR FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION
Increasing biodiversity is the new kid on the block for sustainability professionals. But solving it will require investing in the old guard that we keep overlooking. February 9, 2023 Biodiversity is poised to become this year’s biggest sustainability trend. Following the “Paris agreement for biodiversity” reached at COP15 in Montreal …
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13 February
“31 PERCENT OF AYDIN FIG IS ORGANIC!”
Press release… Stating that dried figs are produced on more than 7 million trees in an area of 37 thousand hectares in Aydın province, Aydın Agriculture and Forestry Provincial Director Ahmet Öktem underlined that 31 percent of the dried fig production areas in Aydın are organic farming. Sharing the knowledge …
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11 February
FAO: MILLET PRODUCTION COULD BE A SOLUTION TO FOOD CRISIS!
UN considers millet production as a solution to food crisis… The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) drew attention to the need for the world to focus on millet agriculture within the framework of the search for a solution to the drought and food crisis in the world. …
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10 February
CENGIZ BALIK: WE SHOULD INTENSIFY ON MORE QUALIFIED VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS
Press release… Cengiz Balık: We must pay attention to pesticides so that we do not reduce our share in existing markets! Cengiz Balık, Vice Chairman of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that 2022 was a difficult year, but 2023 will be an even more difficult year. …
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10 February
YUSUF GABAY: WE PROCESS DRIED FIGS LIKE GOLD!
Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association (EKMMİB) brought together all parties of the sector at the “Dried Fig Board” meeting in Aegean province of Aydın, the capital of dried fig production, for the sustainable export of dried figs where Türkiye is the world leader in production and …
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9 February
WHY INSECTS ARE THE NEXT GLOBAL SUPERFOOD?
Agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. But it is also part of the solution. Smallholder farmers are key to reducing emissions as they tend not to use harmful fertilizers or machinery powered by fossil fuels. That’s why, at COP27, IFAD and the United States launched the Global Methane Pledge partnership to …
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