HomePage – TimeLine Layout – Page 377 – THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

14 December

“WE ARE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!”

14 December

FAO AND THE ANTALYA AGRICULTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES…

Press release… FAO and the Antalya Agriculture Council place the 2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) under the spotlight… The event emphasized the importance of the fruit and vegetable sector for human health and rural economies… 14 December 2021, Virtual event – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …

14 December

A LEAP ON LIBYA AND INDIA IN FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXPORTS…

Press release… Nejdat Sin, Chair Coordinator of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB) and Chairperson of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Turkey exported 367.9 million dollars of fresh fruit and vegetables in November and they achieved remarkable increases in the Libyan and Indian markets. Emphasizing that …

14 December

WHO DOESN’T LOVE CHOCOLATE?

By Guy Shone & Laila Humairah • Updated: 09/12/2021 Who doesn’t love chocolate? Lots of us find it hard to resist, which means we are contributing to the more than seven million metric tonnes consumed worldwide every year. All that desire to eat the sweet treat has made the chocolate industry worth over 124 …

14 December

“WE ARE TURNING BACK TO CONVENTIONAL TRANSPORT AGAINST CONTAINER CRISIS!”

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), stated that they achieved an export of 160.2 million dollars in November by increasing 44 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that the increases in freight …

13 December

İSMAİL GÜLLE: OLIVE OIL EXPORTS REACHED 270 MILLION DOLLARS

Gülle: The exports of our industry reached 270 million dollars İsmail Gülle, Chair of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) said that 235,000 tonnes of olive oil harvest is expected for the 2021/22 season. İsmail Gülle Gülle said, “There is an increase of 32 percent in this field compared to last …

13 December

WOMEN’S COOPERATIVES IN GİRESUN MEET TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL SKILLS…

Executives of seven women’s cooperatives in the Black Sea province of Giresun have attended a five-day entrepreneurship course with support from the governor’s office and a German foundation. “These kind of trainings are vital for the women cooperatives, which have been growing in number in recent years, in order to …

13 December

BERK NOYAN: EXEMPLAR OF BANANA CAN BE APPLIED TO WALNUT IN TURKEY

Reminding that 70 percent of the banana consumed 20 years ago was imported, WPC-Walnut Chairman Berk Noyan said, “Now, domestic production meets 90 percent of the demand. We wrote a success story in bananas, we can also do it in walnuts.” Berk Noyan Turkey, which ranks third after China and …

12 December

CHESTNUT EXPORTS INCREASE BY 930 DOLLARS PER TONNE…

Press release… Double happiness in chestnut export. Turkey’s chestnut exports soared by 31 percent from 5 thousand 164 tonnes to 6 thousand 781 tonnes in the January-November period of 2021, while the amount of foreign exchange obtained from chestnuts increased by 79 percent from 13.2 million dollars to 23.7 million …

11 December

AGRICULTURAL E-COMMERCE MAY BE A KEY ENABLER FOR AFRICA!

One of the many new ways of doing business that emerged during the Covid-19 lockdown was agricultural e-commerce, or online trading of agricultural commodities, fresh produce and even livestock. Like most technological disruptors, this form of trade provides many benefits to buyers and sellers alike, but is it here to …