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12 September

EXPORT BANS DRIVE UP RICE PRICES!

Rice prices have risen in the wake of new trade restrictions, a few weeks ahead of an October meeting of WTO senior officials that is intended to lay the groundwork for progress at the trade body’s thirteenth ministerial conference in five months’ time. Markets around the world have reacted to …

12 September

COUNTING THE DAYS FOR THE OPENING OF THE WORLD APRICOT TRADE CENTRE…

Mayor of Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Selahattin Gürkan examined the works carried out in the World Apricot Trade Centre. Selahattin Gürkan Gürkan stated that with the activation of the World Apricot Trade Centre, important steps will be taken to turn apricot into an industrial product and emphasised that the income obtained …

12 September

BIODIVERSITY, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYMPOSIUM TO BE ORGANISED IN ERZURUM…

“Biodiversity, Agriculture and Food Symposium” will be held in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) to discuss the loss of biodiversity in agriculture and its possible effects due to faulty practices in agriculture and climate change that has increased its impact in recent …

11 September

AGRI-DIESEL DEBATE: CAN TRACTORS BE CLIMATE FRIENDLY?

The German government appears to have dropped a much-debated idea of cutting diesel subsidies for farmers for now, but the question of what climate-friendly alternatives there are for tractors and other agricultural machinery remains... After lengthy negotiations with liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner over spending and savings in the agricultural …

11 September

MILAS OLIVE OIL REGISTERED!

Minister Kacır announced the good news: Milas Olive Oil is registered! Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced another geographical sign registered in the European Union (EU). Fatih Kacır “Milas Oil Olives” was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and became Türkiye’s 14th geographical indication …

10 September

PERIODICITY ENDS IN ANTEP PISTACHIOS!

Nestle Damak and TEMA Foundation (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) aim to ensure sustainable agriculture in Antep Pistachio with the ‘Let Our Pistachio Be Abundant’ project they launched in 2011. Within the scope of the project, 2 thousand farmers were …

10 September

“FINANCING AND EXCHANGE RATE WILL BE THE KEY TO REACHING THE EXPORT TARGET”

Press release… EIB Coordinator President Jak Eskinazi evaluated the export target in the MTP! Evaluating the announced Medium Term Programme (MTP) targets, Jak Eskinazi, Coordinator President of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), pointed out that in order to reach the export target of 302.2 billion dollars, it is necessary to …

9 September

FAO RENEWS CALL FOR AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION…

Press release… Director-General addresses International Conference on Food Security in Uzbekistan… Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today renewed calls for the transformation of global agrifood systems at an International Conference on Food Security in Uzbekistan. 07 September 2023, Samarkand, …

9 September

FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX DECLINES IN AUGUST…

Press release… 08/09/2023 Strong supply conditions push international commodity quotations lower except for rice and sugar… Rome – International food commodity prices declined in August, led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes …

9 September

USA, LEADER IN DRIED FIG EXPORTS!

Press release… USA is the leader in dried fig exports… In the 2022/23 season, the United States was at the top of dried fig exports from Türkiye with an amount of 39.7 million dollars. Dried figs to the USA were 31.9 million dollars in the same period in the 2021/22 …