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August, 2021

  • 2 August

    TURKEY UNITES IN FIGHT AGAINST MULTIPLE FOREST FIRES!

    Turkey has mobilized and united in efforts to fight against wildfires that have wreaked havoc on swathes of the country’s south and Aegean region, as the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said 107 of 112 fires have been brought under control as of early Aug. 1. People across the country are sending …

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  • 1 August

    DR. MURAT ÇAKMAKLI: KARAGÜL UNIQUE TO HALFETİ BEGINS TO BLOOM

    Karagül (Black rose) started to be grown in greenhouses established in Halfeti in 2018 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. Murat Çakmaklı The unique “Karagül” of Halfeti district of Şanlıurfa province which is grown only in this region, gave its first fruits. Cologne was started to be manufactured …

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  • 1 August

    GENOME EDITING FOR FOOD: HOW DO PEOPLE REACT?

    A research team from the University of Göttingen and the University of British Columbia (Canada) has investigated how people in five different countries react to various usages of genome editing in agriculture. The researchers looked at which uses are accepted and how the risks and benefits of the new breeding …

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  • 1 August

    TANZANIAN SMALL-SCALE FARMERS RECEIVE SUPPORT TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY…

    The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide funding to assist 6,240 vulnerable small-scale farmers in rural Tanzania impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The IFAD grant will help farmers access inputs, provide market linkages and access agricultural and market information to improve their productivity and increase their resilience. Growth …

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  • 1 August

    DR. NAZIM ŞEKEROĞLU: GLOBAL COFFEE CONSUMPTION INCREASES DAY BY DAY

    A study has showed that coffee consumption is increasing day by day. Kilis 7 Aralık University faculty member, Mediterranean Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association (ATABDER) Chairperson, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Food and Control, Coffee and Chicory Commission Member, Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that coffee consumption …

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  • 1 August

    NİHAT ÇELİK: 3.7 MILLION SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED DURING FEAST

    3 million 700 thousand sacrificial animals were sold during the Sacrifice Feast (Eid al-Adha)… Nihat Çelik, Chairperson of Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association of Turkey (TÜDKİYEB), announced the number of sacrificial animals sold during the Sacrifice Feast. Çelik said, “A total of 3 million 700 thousand heads of sacrificials, including …

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  • 1 August

    KARABÜK TO MAKE A NAME IN AGRO-TOURISM WITH SUNFLOWER FIELDS…

    The northern province of Karabük, which is home to important cultural and nature tourism centers of Turkey, has started to make a name for itself in agro-tourism with its sunflower fields after its “miracle plant” saffron and purple lavender. Saffron With its inns, baths, mosques, fountains, bridges and historical mansions dating back to the Ottoman period, …

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  • 1 August

    KAYSERİ ADDED TO UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK IN FIELD OF GASTRONOMY…

    Turkey‘s central province of Kayseri has been added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in field of gastronomy for its rich cuisine, a local official said on July 28.  Kayseri city mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç said that a special commission was formed within the municipality which carried out hard work and managed to enter the network. …

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July, 2021

  • 31 July

    ANNOUNCING THE GLOBAL MANIFESTO ON FORGOTTEN FOODS!

    The Global Manifesto on Forgotten Foods is a landmark document representing a wide consensus on a coherent framework for a transformation of the agricultural research and innovation system—by fully unleashing the potential of so-called ‘forgotten foods’. Also referred to as neglected and underutilized species (NUS), indigenous foods, orphan crops or future foods, “forgotten foods” …

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  • 31 July

    HAYRETTİN UÇAK: THERE IS A GOODNESS IN THIS HARVEST

    Press release… There is a goodness in this harvest… This harvest includes both waste prevention and sharing… In the “Volunteer Final Harvest Project”, which aims to reduce loss and waste up to 50 percent in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, the crops not collected by the producer will be …

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