TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Due to the corona pandemic, the board of directors for the Danish association Danske Fødevare- og Landbrugsjournalister has unfortunately deemed it necessary to cancel the IFAJ 2020 Congress. The decision also applies to the pre-congress in Copenhagen/Zealand and the two post-congresses on Funen and the Faroe Islands... We are naturally very sorry that we have had to make the decision to cancel the congress. However, in light of how quickly the corona epidemic is escalating, and the resulting travel restrictions all over the world, we consider it impossible to hold the congress as planned in June. A possible postponement to a later date would entail much uncertainty with relation to disease risk, the programme, and the number of participants. On this background, we consider the most responsible course of action to be cancellation now and thereby clarification of the situation for all concerned. IFAJ presidium supports the Danish congress organizing committee... The congress orga...

Press release... EURASIAN AND BALKAN COUNTRIES AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISTS FORUM HELD IN ANTALYA... Turkish Guild of Agricultural Journalists (TGAJ) organized another international event in Antalya after last year's Middle East Agricultural Journalists Forum held in Istanbul. The Antalya Forum, convened with 35 colleagues from 22 countries, took four days between 04 - 08 November and highlighted the key points of agricultural journalism both abroad and in Turkey. Owen Roberts, President of IFAJ and Hugh Maynard, General Manager of IFAJ also participated in the event. During the itinerary international ag-journalists took the opportunity of visiting orchards, greenhouses along with agribusiness sites situated across Antalya region. Warm regards to IFAJ and thanks to all friends who honoured us by participating in the Forum. As TGAJ, we are highly satisfied with the Forum either its participation level or outcomes of the event. In this framework we thank to Growtech Exhibition f...