Indonesia in January Increased Palm Oil Exports by 7%

About 3 million tons of palm oil were sold from Indonesia to foreign markets in January 2023 – this is 7% higher than in December 2022 and 35% more than in January 2022. It is reported by Reuters, citing data from analysts of the national association GAPKI. Against...

$1.3 Billion Damage in the Agricultural Sector in Türkiye

The Strategy and Budget Presidency announced the financial losses caused by the earthquake disaster in its ‘Kahramanmaraş and Hatay Earthquakes Report’. The agricultural sector suffered great damage due to the earthquakes. According to the ‘Kahramanmaraş and Hatay...

UN Warns of Climate Change: “Humanity Is on Thin Ice”

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a video message to the meeting of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva. Noting that the IPCC Report reveals that human activity over the last 2 centuries is responsible for global...

Conab Experts Lowered Soybean Crop Forecast for Brazil

In the March report, Conab analysts lowered the forecast for soybean production in Brazil in 2022/23 MY by 1.5 million tons compared to last month’s estimate to 151.4 million tons, which are planned to be harvested from 43.5 million hectares (a season earlier – from...

Sat-2 Type Foot and Mouth Virus Alert in Türkiye

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry took action due to the SAT-2 type foot and mouth virus, which has been seen in different provinces of Turkey for about 2 months. Animal markets were closed in Denizli, Elazığ and Kars. Within the scope of the measures taken,...