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HALF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES GO TO THE TRASH
50 percent of fruits and vegetables produced in developed countries are lost during harvest and non consumption.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Deputy Representative of Turkey, in developed countries, about 50 percent of fruits and vegetables are lost in the process of harvesting and consumption, he said. There are huge losses, especially during the age Sunday. These losses are also causing the loss of our increasingly limited resources, such as land and water,” he said.
Antalya Commodity Exchange (ATB), Antalya Agriculture Council (ATAK) and Antalya Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry organized in cooperation with the “2021 International Fruit and vegetable year first half evaluation meeting” was held online yesterday. Speaking at the meeting, She stressed that the loss of fruits and vegetables also increases the problem of greenhouse gases and said: “We need to manage the risk of climate change well. If loss and waste are prevented, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced,” he said Tuesday. 80 percent of the World Food Production, fruit and vegetable production 50 percent of the small businesses are carried out by The stating, small producer’s product to the Sunday to reach the difficulties he drew attention to. He noted that these problems can be fixed through cooperatives.
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PRODUCTION WILL DECREASE
According to Turkish Statistical Institute data, this year vegetable production in Turkey is estimated to decrease by 0.3 percent compared to last year, fruit, beverage and spice crops production is expected to increase by 7.1 percent, he said.
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RISING FOOD PRICES ARE PUSHING PEOPLE INTO HUNGER
London-based international charity Oxfam reported that 11 people die from starvation every 1 minute around the world. Oxfam’s report, “The Hunger virus is multiplying,” said the number of people starving outpaced the new type of coronavirus, which kills an average of 7 people per minute. The climate crisis and the Covid-19 epidemic caused a 40 percent increase in global food prices, the report said, stressing that this, in turn, pushed people to the limit of hunger. Global military spending has increased by $51 billion USD since the beginning of the outbreak, the report said, which is at least 6 times more than the amount needed by the United Nations to combat hunger.
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