(GEN) ANUGA FAIR IS CRUCIAL FOR TURKEY'S AGRICULTURAL RELATIONS IN WORLD, EKER.COLOGNE Cologne (kəlōn`), Ger. Köln, city (1994 pop. 962,500), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine River. It is a commercial, financial, and industrial center, a rail and road junction, and a river port. , Oct 11, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Mehmet Mehdi Eker Mehmet Mehdi Eker is Minister of Agriculture of Turkey and Member of Parliament for Diyarbakır of the ruling AKP. A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46. , said Saturday Turkey's being a partner country of the ANUGA trade fair for food and drink technology was crucial for Turkey's agricultural relations in the world. Speaking at the inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. of the ANUGA fair in Cologne, Germany, Eker said that the fair would be important for the development of agricultural relations in the world. Turkey's presence at the ANUGA fair as a partner carries high significance for us. Germany is one of Turkey's most important economic, political and cultural partners. Turks living in Germany and the increasing number of Germans living in Turkey contribute to the development of bilateral relations, Eker said. The right for nutrition and access to food is the right of all. However, one person out of every six can not use such a right. While a segment of world's population consumes unlimited food, another part is fighting for survival. Though the price of food items is going down since July, this does not imply that food crisis is going down as well, Eker also said. More than 6,000 companies from all over the world are attending the ANUGA fair. (SOL-UK) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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