THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
The latest developments and problems in the egg sector which ranks in the eighth place in world egg production with an annual production exceeding 22 billion units and in the third place with its exports reaching 431 million dollars, struggling with the export crisis to Iraq in the last days, …
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August, 2019
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22 August
İLKER TOLGA MENGİ: COMMERCIAL CRISIS CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN US MARKET
“The commercial crisis has created opportunities in the US market” Istanbul Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association Board Member Ilker Tolga Mengi said: “The US is the world’s largest apple juice concentrate market, 35-40 percent of the world-produced apple juice concentrate is consumed in this country.” Stating that Turkey has …
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22 August
WE KNOW UNEATEN FOOD BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNHARVESTED CROPS?
You might be familiar with the fact that in the U.S., an estimated 40 percent of food goes uneaten. That’s an alarming statistic on its own. This amount of wasted food correlates with waste in other areas: Around 21 percent of all water used in the U.S. and 18 percent …
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22 August
INDIAN SCIENTISTS; STOP BURNING THE FIELDS, STOP THE POLLUTION!
Every year, a choking smog descends on northwest India as the region’s farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest – a phenomenon that has helped make New Delhi one of the world’s most polluted cities. Now, scientists have come up with a method that would allow farmers to sow …
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22 August
AHMET HACIİNCE: TEN PERCENT OF SACRIFICIALS IS WASTED
National Red Meat Council (UKON) has made important warnings on account of the Feast of Sacrifice… National Red Meat Council (UKON) Chairman Ahmet Hacıince said that approximately 200 thousand tons of red meat production took place during the Feast of Sacrifice, while about 10 percent of sacrificial slaughter wasted due …
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22 August
FAHRETTİN POYRAZ: WE EVALUATE CHINA FROM LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE
‘We evaluate China from long-term perspective’ Fahrettin Poyraz, General Manager of the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey (TTKKMB), said that there would be tides in international relations, but they viewed events in terms of institutions and Turkey in the long run. “We have already been working on the Chinese market …
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22 August
ABOUT 100 000 TONS OF DRIED APRICOTS EXPORTED FROM MALATYA…
Turkey is known as a top producer and exporter of apricots, both fresh and dried, and Malatya province in eastern Anatolia is dubbed the apricot capital, accounting for 90 percent of the country’s apricot exports. It is one of the fruits Turkey is best known for in the world. Apricots …
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22 August
MAHMUT A. DURUK: WE EXPORT FRUIT JUICES ALL OVER THE WORLD
“We export fruit juices all over the world” Aroma Deputy Chairman Mahmut Atom Duruk said: “Fruit juice and concentrate exports reached 300 million dollars on an annual basis. That means Turkish fruit juice is sent all over the world.” Expressing that particularly foreign companies weigh down on exports of juice …
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22 August
TURKEY PRODUCED 256 000 TONS OF RED MEAT FROM APRIL TO JUNE…
Turkey produced 255,455 tons of red meat in the second three months of this year, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The country’s red meat production fell by 4.1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter and it was up 20.8 percent on a quarterly basis. Turkey’s estimated cattle meat …
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22 August
A DECLINE OF 7 PERCENT IN THE AREA OF CROPS SOWN IN INDIA…
There has been a decline of 6.9 per cent in the area of crops sown this summer, according to the latest data published by the Union Ministry of Agriculture on July 19, 2019. According to the data, rice has been sown on 14 million hectares (ha), down from 15.1 million …
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