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25 May

Climate crisis devastates rainforests at unprecedented rate!

Tropical rainforests are vanishing at an alarming rate, with fires and climate change driving the destruction of thousands of square kilometers every day… Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: That is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last year, due in large measure to …

25 May

Reviving forgotten foods to tackle food insecurity and climate change…

Reviving nutritious ‘forgotten foods’ like quinoa and moringa can help diversify global food systems, improve resilience to climate change and combat rising food insecurity… Sayed Azam-Ali Sayed Azam-Ali, a member of the United Nations High-Level Experts Panel on Food Security and Nutrition and Chief Executive Officer at Crops for the …

24 May

Muğla runs to 1 billion dollars in fishery exports!

Press release… Türkiye’s southwestwern province of Muğla, the capital of the country in fishery production and exports, exported 815 million dollars in 2024. Bedri Girit, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters Association, stated that the sector has the potential to surpass 1 billion dollars in exports in …

24 May

Can Sezen: Bees are the hidden architects of life!

Press release… 20 May World Bee Day is celebrated every year to draw attention to the importance of honey bees, which play a critical role in the cycle of nature. Anavarza Honey, one of Türkiye’s leading honey brands, invites the whole society to protect the life of bees and their …

24 May

Exporters transform aflatoxin-contaminated figs into energy, receive international sustainability award in Spain…

Press release… Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association’s “Sustainable Management of Dried Figs with Aflatoxin Project” was deemed worthy of the award in the competition where eight countries, including the USA, Spain, Austria and China, were nominated. In addition to contributing to the prestige of Turkish dried figs, the …

24 May

FAO: Tea farms could shrink by 2050 due to climate crisis

Climate change poses a serious threat to tea cultivation, with suitable growing areas projected to shrink drastically by 2050, FAO warns! The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued a stark warning about the future of tea cultivation worldwide. Ayşegül Selışık, assistant FAO Representative in Türkiye, …

24 May

Cocoa prices rally in commodity markets after sharp declines…

Despite losses, fall in cocoa harvest quality, cocoa hits 11.200 dollars in April, with expectations of new records… Cocoa prices have soared more than 20 percent in May after sharp declines at the start of the year, returning to above 11,000 dollars per tonne. The price fell more than 34 …

24 May

Ferhat Gürüz: Tangerine export value surged dramatically by 220 percent!

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chair of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that tangerine export value surged dramatically by 220 percent! Evaluating the exports of the sector in April according to product groups, Gürüz said, “The group with the highest exports in the said period was fresh …

24 May

Southeastern Anatolia’s cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products exports reach 1.2 million dollars…

Press release… Southeastern Anatolia’s exports of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products reached 1.2 billion dollars with an increase of 9.9 percent in the first 4 months of the year. The sector, which realised 30.9 percent of the Southeast’s total exports, became the region’s most exporting field of activity. In this …

24 May

Celal Kadooğlu: Planned agriculture and new generation support model provide benefits

Press release… Celal Kadooğlu, Chair of the Southeastern Anatolian Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that planned agriculture and new generation support model provide benefits. Evaluating the recent radical changes in agricultural policies as extremely positive steps in terms of the transition to a planned production period …