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5 July

7 MILLION LOAVES OF BREAD GO TO LANDFILL EVERYDAY!

TESK President Palandöken; 7 million breads daily wasted! Stating that 7 million breads are wasted every day, Turkey Tradesmen and Artisans’ Confederation (TESK) President Bendevi Palandöken said, “Thus 3 billion liras go to waste in a year too. That’s why we need to get bread so as we can eat …

5 July

OLIVE AND OLIVE OIL EXPORTS ROSE BY 21 PERCENT IN JUNE…

Olive and olive oil exports increased by 21 percent in June compared to the same period of last year and reached 19 million 60 thousand dollars. According to data from Turkey’s Aegean Exporters’ Associations, exports of table olives in June with an increase of 44 percent compared to the same …

5 July

TURKISH PASTA EXPORTS EXCEED 360 MILLION DOLLARS IN 6 MONTHS…

Turkey Pasta Industrialists’ Association Chairman of the Board Abdülkadir Külahçıoğlu said that pasta exports exceeded 360 million dollars in the first half of the year by increasing 25 percent. Külahçıoğlu said, “Actually our target for exports was 10 percent. But now the growth surpasses our expectations.” Külahçıoğlu told the Anadolu …

5 July

TİKA TO SUPPORT MONGOLIA’S AGRICULTURE…

Turkey’s state-run aid body provided support to Mongolia’s agriculture, the agency said in a written statement on Thursday. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Mongolia Agricultural University Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology carried out an agricultural project in the country, it said. As part …

4 July

NEW RECORD FROM HAZELNUT EXPORTS!

İlyas Edip Sevinç, Chairman of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB), stated that the export made between 1 September 2019 and 30 June 2020 in hazelnut has already reached 311 thousand 499 tons by breaking the record of all times. İlyas Edip Sevinç said in his written …

4 July

THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM…

By Owen Roberts President, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Agricultural media has always been a reliable source of information for farmers. Although agriculture is a huge industry, the media community that serves it is too small for unreliable sources to flourish for long. With the COVID-19 pandemic, I expect …

4 July

“THE NEW TARGET FOR TURKISH DAIRY IS EU COUNTRIES”

President of Packaged Milk and Dairy Industrialists’ Association (ASÜD) Harun Çallı said that EU is one of the important markets for Turkish dairy industry. Çallı said, “We have raised the target in EU as well as in China. The number of companies that got confirmation of exporting dairy products to …

3 July

FOOD SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN AYVALIK…

Press release… Turkey’s first food specialized organized industrial zone (OIZ) will be established in Ayvalık district of Balıkesir province… Investors from various sectors such as dairy and meat products, olive processing, fruit juice production, pulses drying and packaging and biscuit production are expected to take part in Ayvalık OIZ. Calling …

3 July

HARVEST OF ST. JOHN’S WORT BEGINS IN GÜMÜŞHANE…

Harvest of St. John’s Wort, which is the king of the herbs, has begun in Gümüşhane province… Harvest period of “St. John’s Wort” plant has begun which was tried for the first time in Gümüşhane in 15 decares and known as the king of the herbs. Within the scope of …

3 July

43 PERCENT SURGE IN AEGEAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS…

Press release… 43 percent increase in agricultural exports…Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector breaks records every month… Aegean Grain Pulses Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, which was the export increase record holder of the Aegean Region in 2019 and 2020, broke a new record in June. Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector …