CHAMBER OF FOOD ENGINEERS: WE DEMAND CONCRETE POLICIES AND URGENT SOLUTIONS
Press release... Ankara, Turkey, April 9, 2020 The epidemic of COVID-19, which is declared as an pandemic worldwide by the World Health Organization (WHO), has more striking than ever before the importance of food production for human life. Nowadays, we live the days when countries confiscate each other's masks and medical supplies. The risks that may arise due to the decrease in food supply due to the epidemic and the breaks in the supply chain, are the issues that need to be taken and be prepared. As the institution that determines and executes policies related to agriculture, animal husbandry and food production in our country, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has a duty to plan, coordinate and organize more than ever. The Health and Food Policies Board established under the Presidency has been arranged in the form of two different boards as the Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Board and the Health and Social Policies Board. The establishment of a sepa...