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"There is no price hike in red meat in Ramadan," said Osman Yardımcı, Vice President of the Butchers' Federation. Butchers' Federation of Turkey Vice President Osman Yardımcı said there will be no price increase of red meat in the month of Ramadan. "We have always such provocative remarks in Ramadan period in terms of red meat. No one should regard to this," Yardımcı added. Yardımcı, who is also the president of the Antalya Butchers' Chamber, told AA (Anatolian Agency) correspondent that all butchers have completed their preparations. Stating that due to the epidemic of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19), intensive measures were taken at all stages from slaughterhouses to butcher shops, Yardımcı noted that slaughtering and selling are held according to disinfection rules. Emphasizing that they are always trying to help the citizen, Yardımcı explained, "In Ramadan, we will not raise red meat prices so that our citizens are able to eat...

Things start to rebound in May... Prof. Dr. Senih Yazgan, Vice President of Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association, said that the novel coronavirus process is an opportunity to learn a very important lesson for the whole world. Noting that the importance of being adequate and ready, especially in health, education and food, has been re-experienced, Yazgan stated, "Agriculture is an essential element for a country to exist. He taught us that we should shape agriculture with a more scientific and modern approach, without giving up, with intense effort." Explaining that the production of "strategic" products and the value of the industrial products obtained from them were seen once again in this period, "Even if it is not economical, a new policy should be developed in order to benefit from the industrial products to be obtained from them," Yazgan added. "May be an opportunity" Pointing out that there are many difficu...