February, 2021

• 2 February

  

  Every year, on the 2nd of February, we celebrate World Wetlands Day (WWD) to raise global awareness about the high importance of wetlands for people and our planet. WWD is also an occasion to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. “Wetlands …

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• 2 February

  CO-OP UK; TRUST IN CO-OPS IS HIGH!

  

  New survey data released this month reveals that trust in co‑operative businesses is high. Nearly two thirds of consumers (59%) say they trust co‑ops, compared to just 35% for PLCs.[1] This could translate into sales at a time when major high street giants are folding, as nearly half of UK shoppers (49%) say …

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• 1 February

  EXPORT OF FURNITURE, PAPER AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS EXCEEDED 5.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2020…

  

  Press release… Furniture, paper and forestry products exports exceed 5.5 billion dollars in 2020 Dried Organic Oregano As Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, we host three important sub-sectors such as furniture, paper and non-wood forest products. In the exports of our three sectors, we reached the export figure …

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• 1 February

  AEGEAN REGION SIGNS OVER 25 BILLION DOLLARS OF EXPORTS…

  

  Press release… Aegean Region, where exports firstly began in Turkey, according to data from customs offices, made an export of 25 billion 259 million dollars in 2020, while its imports remained at 18 billion 210 million dollars. According to a written statement made by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, (EİB) the …

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January, 2021

• 31 January

  AEGEAN EXPORTERS SET A TARGET OF 1 BILLION DOLLARS IN FISHERIES FOR 2023…

  

  Press release… Aegean fishermen exported three out of every four Turkish fish… Aegean fishermen set an export target of 1 billion dollars for 2023… Aegean exporters of aquatic products has made 741 million dollars of exports and marked their brand in Turkey’s fisheries exports amounted to 1 billion 53 million …

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• 31 January

  ORGANIC AGRICULTURE HAS INCREASED BY 46 PERCENT AMONG EU COUNTRIES…

  

  While organic agriculture has become very popular in recent years, it has been ascertained that organic agriculture has increased by 46 percent since 2012 among European countries. According to the information obtained by the media monitoring agency, Ajans Press, from Eurostat data, organic agriculture statistics in EU countries have been …

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• 30 January

  DR. NESRİN ALGAN: CLIMATE CHANGE TRIGGERS POVERTY ACROSS THE GLOBE

  

  Poverty across the globe will be exacerbated by climate change, a Turkish academic said Friday. Nesrin Algan, a professor at the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University, in her online presentation on climate justice, said that problems caused by climate change affect the whole world both socially and economically. …

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• 30 January

  GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS FROM BEING CRUSHED BY HIGH FOOD PRICES!

  

  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday reiterated his frustration with what he said were major differences in food prices and warned that tradesmen could face heavy fines if they keep charging unjustifiably high prices. “We see that there are very serious price differences in vegetables, fruits and legumes,” Erdoğan told …

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• 29 January

  TARGET OF OLIVE AND OLIVE OIL EXPORTS IS 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS…

  

  Press release… 500 thousand families in 41 provinces of Turkey deal with olive producing. While an average of 450 thousand tonnes of table olives are produced annually, 200 thousand tonnes of olive oil is produced. 500 thousand families earn their living from olives. There is a significant employment in factories …

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• 29 January

  ZERO WASTE PROJECT BRINGS OVER 3 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE TURKISH ECONOMY…

  

  The Zero Waste project, launched in 2017 under the auspices of First Lady Emine Erdogan, brought 17 billion Turkish liras ($3.08 billion) to the Turkish economy from June 2017 to the end of 2020. The project aims to contain waste under sustainable development principles, leaving a clean and developed Turkey …

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