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Turks shrink Ramadan menus amid soaring meat prices

STORY: Turks shrink Ramadan menus amid soaring meat prices SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:51 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a butcher 2. various of Turkish people buying cheap meat in a discount market 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): FIRUZE TANIL, Retired accountant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): VOLKAN AKTAS, Teacher 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): FAZLI YALCINDAG, Head of Ankara's Chamber of Butchers STORYLINE: The prices of red and white meat have soared in Türkiye amid runaway inflation, despite the government's efforts to mitigate its impact on consumers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "In Ramadan, our meals have now become meatless," said Firuze Tanil, a Turkish pensioner who visited a butcher shop in Ankara to buy some ground meat for her grandchild. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): FIRUZE TANIL, Retired accountant "I only buy meat for my 5-year-old grandchild so that his physical and mental health would not get affected, because he needs pro

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August 9 Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 9, 2023 - The butchers shop shows damage caused by a Russian missile attack that took place Wednesday evening, August 9, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. The strike killed three people and left nine injured, including an 11-month-old child. A Russian missile killed a 43-year-old man and young women aged 19 and 21. In addition, an outbuilding caught fire and the shockwave knocked out windows in nearby residential buildings, shops, and other civilian infrastructure.

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August 9 Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 9, 2023 - Law enforcers record the damage done to the butchers shop by a Russian missile attack that took place Wednesday evening, August 9, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. The strike killed three people and left nine injured, including an 11-month-old child. A Russian missile killed a 43-year-old man and young women aged 19 and 21. In addition, an outbuilding caught fire and the shockwave knocked out windows in nearby residential buildings, shops, and other civilian infrastructure.

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Xinhua Headlines: A happy holiday feast for Chinese amid global inflation woes -- how?

(230121) -- BEIJING, Jan. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Butchers prepare meat for sale at a market in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-COVID-19-DAILY LIFE SUPPLIES (CN)

(220902) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Butchers prepare meat for sale at a market in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sept. 2, 2022. Residents are provided with sufficient supplies of vegetables, meat, grain, and edible oil in Chengdu. Local merchants have made every effort to ensure the market supply of daily necessities. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Turks slash meat intake amid soaring inflation, declining purchasing power

STORY: Turks slash meat intake amid soaring inflation, declining purchasing power DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at some butchers and red meats in Turkey (courtesy of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): AHMET YUCESAN, Chairman of the Red Meat Industry and Producers Association (ETBIR) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): ZEYNEP TASKIN, Teacher from a private school STORYLINE: Soaring inflation and declining purchasing power have forced Turkish households to cut their red meat consumption by nearly half in the past few years. A family of four in Türkiye has reduced its annual consumption of red meat to 28 kg, from 56 kg in 2017, according to figures from Türkiye's Red Meat Industry and Producers Association (ETBIR). SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): AHMET YUCESAN, Chairman of the Red Meat Industry and Producers Association (ETBIR) "The big drop in meat consumption came when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold in the country

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Livestock prices in Egypt keep rising ahead of Eid al-Adha

STORY: Livestock prices in Egypt keep rising ahead of Eid al-Adha DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a livestock market in Egypt STORYLINE: The prices of livestock in Egypt have seen a continuous rise in the past few weeks as the Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, is approaching. Last week, the price of calves increased by five Egyptian pounds, reaching 80 pounds per kilogram. The prices of lambs also increased to 90 pounds per kilo. The Butchers Division of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce said in a statement that the reasons behind the price hikes are the high prices of fodder and the lack of supply. As the Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals for the Muslims in Egypt, draws near, the demand for meat is expected to grow further, which will likely push the prices of livestock higher. The country's parliament urged this week the government to quickly confront the rise in the prices of livestock, calling the current price lev

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