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18 January

Aegean exporters of fresh fruits, vegetables and products set a target of 1 billion 450 million dollars for 2024!

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which is the leader of plant product exports in the Aegean Region by exporting the flavours of Anatolia to all over the world, has doubled its exports in the last 6 years. EYMSİB set an export target of 1 billion …

18 January

Ali Kındap: Türkiye can be by far the leading country in the world in geothermal energy sector

ANKARA… Türkiye needs more investments for the development of the identified 62,00 megawatt (MW) of geothermal energy potential, which will contribute to the country’s 2053 net zero emissions target, the head of the Turkish Geothermal Energy Association said on Wednesday. Ali Kındap Geothermal energy is classified as a renewable energy …

17 January

Ultra-processed foods; here’s what the evidence says about them

January 15, 2024 The perils of ultra-processed foods received widespread coverage in recent months – thanks in no small part to the publication and promotion of TV presenter and doctor of virology Chris Van Tulleken’s book Ultra-Processed People. Ultra-processed foods, in short, are commercially manufactured food products that include ingredients …

17 January

Türkmen Türkmenoğlu: Türkiye’s total exports of fruit and vegetable products surpassed 2.4 billion dollars

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) have increased its share in Türkiye’s total manufactured exports to 41 percent in 2023 Türkmen Türkmenoğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Fruit and Vegetable Products Sector Board, said that Türkiye’s total exports of fruit and vegetable products in 2023 were realised as 2 billion 416 …

17 January

Milk production was up in January-November 2023…

Türkiye’s chicken meat production was down 3.9 percent to 2.13 million tonnes in January-November 2023 from a year ago, while milk output soared 4.3 percent in the same period, the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) have shown. The number of chickens slaughtered declined by 6.2 percent to 1.16 billion in the first 11 months …

16 January

“Restrictions blocked the olive oil market!”

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of Aegean Olive and Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) said that four export restrictions have been imposed on olive oil in the last three years and these restrictions had absolutely no positive effect on the market as intended. Pointing out that they were not effective enough …

15 January

Ferhat Gürüz: Fresh fruit and vegetable exports crowned with a record in the 100th anniversary of the Republic!

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in 2023 reached 3 billion 491 million dollars with a spike of 18 percent compared to the previous year. Ferhat Gürüz “Despite the …

15 January

Bedri Girit: We started exporting eggs to Russia for the first time

Press release… Girit: We started exporting eggs to Russia for the first time, we opened fresh chicken exports to Iran Bedri Girit Bedri Girit, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Aquaculture and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said: “We are in the top 10 in the world in …

14 January

Climate change threatens the production of olives, hazelnuts and pistachios!

Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Türkiye’s agriculture sector, posing risks especially to cash crops, such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio. Atakan Akça The latest numbers from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that the country’s citrus production increased, while there was a steep decline in olive, hazelnut, pistachio and cotton …

14 January

İbrahim Yumaklı: Artificial meat is not on our agenda!

Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has denied allegations that the ministry has authorized artificial meat. İbrahim Yumaklı “Artificial meat has never been on the agenda of our ministry and never will be. There is no talk of allowing the production of artificial meat. There will not be any legislative work on this issue,” …