2 Billion Turkish Liras Paid For Irrigation Investment Projects in 15 Years
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which has included 47 thousand 264 projects in the scope of grants since 2007 across Türkiye, has ensured that 4 million 703 thousand 211 decares of land are irrigated with modern systems - Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci: "If these areas with classical canal systems are converted to piped networks, 5.8 billion cubic meters of water will be saved with drip and sprinkler irrigation methods according to their average water consumption"
Support
The ministry provides 50 percent grant support for investments up to 1 million liras. The irrigation systems for which these supports are provided consist of in-field drip, in-field sprinkler, in-field micro sprinkler, in-field subsurface drip, linear or center pivot, drum and solar energy systems for agricultural irrigation and smart irrigation systems.
The Ministry, which has included 47 thousand 264 irrigation projects in the scope of grants since 2007 across Türkiye, has ensured that 4 million 703 thousand 211 decares of land are irrigated with modern systems. A total of 2 billion 13 million 486 thousand 439 TL grant support was paid for these projects.
Within the scope of rural development supports, project acceptance procedures started across the country as of March 15. To date, applications have been made for 8 thousand 704 projects on an area of 773 thousand 953 decares.
Of the 622 million 368 thousand 226 Turkish liras requested for this year, 300 million Turkish liras have already been allocated. Thus, 238 million 950 thousand 565 TL grant payments were made to 4 thousand 733 projects on an area of 395 thousand 229 decares.
Source: Anadolu Ajansı