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Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF), umbrella organization of  food and beverage industry, evaluated the 2020 Global Food Crisis Report... With the latest developments, the statement made clear that no country in the world should consider it exempt from food crises, reiterating its demand for support for all parts of the process, from field to production, in order to look at the future more confidently. 135 million people around the world experience food security crisis... The Global Food Crisis Network created by the European Union, Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program has published its 2020 report. The report emphasized that 135 million people in 55 countries around the world are at a crisis level or worse in terms of food security. In the report, which stated that negative data rose to record levels in 2019, it was pointed out that more serious problems may be experienced in 2020 with the effect of the COV...

Turkey aims to reduce daily salt consumption per capita to 5 grams, according to the Health Ministry. The ministry plans to achieve this by taking the necessary measures at school canteens with the cooperation of relevant ministries, as well as representatives of the food sector. The world is marking March 9-15 as Salt Awareness Week to help raise awareness of the damaging effects of too much salt on our health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adults should consume less than 5 grams of salt per day. The Turkish Health Ministry's dietary guide says that high salt consumption can lead to cardiovascular and kidney diseases, hypertension, stroke, osteoporosis and some types of cancer. As per a study the ministry conducted, the daily salt consumption in Turkey is around 10.2 grams per person.  Since the figure is twice as high as what the U.N. health body recommends, the Turkish ministry is making efforts to reduce it. In this context, the Health Ministry initiate...

TGDF Council of Presidents convened in Istanbul... Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) met in Istanbul on January 15 with the Board of Directors. The developments in the economy were on the main agenda of the Board of Presidents, which started with the opening speech of TGDF President Şemsi Kopuz. TGDF President Kopuz: We spent a year in the shadow of difficulties In the opening speech of the meeting, Şemsi Kopuz said, “Unfortunately, we have left another year behind in the shadow of wars, tensions and global challenges… Unfortunately, our Agriculture and Food sectors were also negatively affected by these difficulties and tensions from time to time. TGDF Academy was launched... The first of these was that TGDF pioneered further training activities; In this way, we have established TGDF Academy. Our goal is to contribute to the qualified workforce and support our businesses for a more productive, happier human resource. Another important ta...

Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) Digital Data Panel's current report based on Turkstat's (Turkish Statistical Institute) periodically Foreign Trade Data has been  published. The Digital Data Panel, which TGDF has implemented in collaboration with Agrimetry, provides a lot of detailed information on the foreign trade of the Food and Agriculture Sector. The published data show that wheat stands out in imports and hazelnut stands out in exports. Turkey's exports in food and agriculture sector in the 10 months to the same period last year, an increase to 14.37 billion dollars compared to the same period last year with an increase of 1%, while imports totalled 10.4 billion dollars, down 5.97%. Foreign trade balance increased by 25.37% compared to the same period of the previous year and rose to 3.97 billion dollars. Sub-sectors stand out in imports and exports... As of the first 10 months of 2019, the top 3 export sectors were Sugar...

“TGDF follows global developments closely” Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) Chairman Şemsi Kopuz said, in a statement, that agricultural production is faced with more difficult and harsh conditions in terms of climate change. “Especially sustainable food supply is the most important issue. Because the rapidly decreasing resources in the face of the increasing world population forces the entire chain from field to table." Kopuz also noted, "We have a very important issue ahead of us. Future generations should access to healthy food and potable clean water. For this reason, all rings of the chain should be tightly interlocked and cooperate without losing even a moment." Underlining that TGDF closely follows global developments, Kopuz emphasized, “The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a guide for us. We are aware of our homework as a federation on behalf of the sector in relation to all targets, especially the son en...