Milk

Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in ten young children in Afghanistan after decades of conflict.

The nine-month-old had been hospitalised three times already in remote Badakhshan province because her mother had trouble breastfeeding.

Average price reductions of 15% in certain product categories, due to the government's measures, have been recorded since March 1, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas told Skai TV on Wednesday.

Since Friday, infant formula has been between 5% and 16% cheaper than it was up until Thursday, while a series of other commodities also saw their retail prices drop as a result of the ceiling imposed on gross profit margins by the Development Ministry.

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Yumaklı has announced Türkiye's five-year livestock roadmap which plans to end livestock imports in three years by providing additional support to producers.

On a cold winter evening in a car park in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, queues are already forming before former airline pilot Pantelis Panteli arrives in a small van to sell his produce.

After being made redundant following the closure of Cyprus Airways in 2013, Panteli decided to try his hand at cheese-making. He hasn't looked back.

The State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets in Bulgaria has reported a noteworthy 0.27% decline in the wholesale food price index over a span of two weeks, settling at 2.246 points compared to the pre-holiday figure of 2.252 points.

Parents in Greece pay for baby formula up to three times as much as in other European countries including countries like Finland and Sweden, according to a price survey carried out in November in three price collections by Greece's Competition Commission, a finding that shows that the market in question is anything but operating competitively in Greece.

The government is seeking to bring baby milk formula prices closer to the European average, while the reduction is already visible in some brands, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas told state broadcaster ERT on Wednesday, commenting on an investigation by the Competition Commission, which found that the price of infant milk in Greece is from 30% to a whopping 213% more expensive than in other

The prices of baby formula in Greece are significantly higher compared to other European countries, based on a price comparison survey carried out by the country's Hellenic Competition Commission in November.

The price of fresh cow's milk in Greece remains higher than in other European Union countries.

Greeks seem to pay more for milk compared to other Europeans, as the Competition Commission has found in recent market research examining the price of fresh low-fat milk at online supermarkets in Greece and in 17 EU countries.