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Number of organic producers in the world exceeds 4.5 million…

Press release… Thirty-seven companies from Türkiye exhibited their products within the scope of green agriculture and competitive price vision at the Nuremberg Organic Food Fair (BioFach), which is described as “the world’s largest organic food fair”. The Turkish organic sector showed suppliers from all over the world that it is …

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TURKEY MEETS 7 PERCENT OF EU’S ORGANIC AGRIPRODUCT IMPORTS…

Turkey ranks 18th in world in terms of size of organic agricultural lands, 7th in terms of producers… Turkey meets 7% of the European Union’s organic agriproducts imports emerging as a leader in the sector. Turkey exports 235 different organic agricultural products to foreign countries, according to data compiled by …

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72.3 MILLION HECTARES UNDER ORGANIC FARMING ACROSS THE WORLD!

The amount of organic land and sales of organic produce continue to climb and have hit a new record high, according to the report “The world of organic agriculture. Statistics & emerging trends 2021”,  published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International.   In …

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EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TO DECREASE BY 56 M TONNES BY 2030…

European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tonnes by 2030… The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the “From Farm to Table” European strategy is …

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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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TURKEY EXPORTS OVER 200 ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS…

200 million dollars export with 200 products in organic agriculture… Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Deputy General Director of Plant Production Dr. Mehmet Hasdemir said that Turkey ranks 6th in terms of the number of organic farmers across the world. Dr. Hasdemir noted that with 75 thousand farmers, 200 million …

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TURKEY’S ORGANIC NETWORK TO START AS OF TODAY…

Turkey’ Organic Network will be established on July 20… Ecological Agriculture Organization Association (ETO) Chairwoman Professor Dr. Uygun Aksoy said that they support the organic movement to be more active and integrated. Dr. Aksoy stated, “We support IZFAS (Izmir Fair Company, an affiliate of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) scientifically and technically …

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THREE CHALLENGES FOR ORGANIC MOVEMENT IN TURKEY…

“Three Challenges” for organic movement in Turkey. Organic integrity… There should be real/physical integrity in organic “from farm to fork” with whole stakeholders but not only on the paper. Of course, the most important key words are “transparency”, “traceability”, “trustworthy” among stakeholders in order to supply integrity in whole chain. …

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TURKISH ORGANIC INDUSTRY TO REACH 1 BILLION EUROS…

Press release… Turkish organic industry sets target to reach 1 billion Euros… Stating that the world organic industry has reached 100 billion Euros, Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairman of the Aegean Exporters’ Association Organic Products Board, said that the Turkish organic industry has received 500 million Euros of this global cake …

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DR. SELİM ÇETİNER: NOT POSSIBLE TO FEED THE WORLD WITH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

“Organic agriculture costs the planet greatly!” Sabancı University Lecturer Dr. Selim Çetiner said that in order to provide sufficient and high quality nutrients to the world population, which is expected to be 10 billion in 2050, maximum efficiency should be obtained from the unit area and this should be done …

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