Climate smart and competitive agricultural growth project of Türkiye was introduced

The opening ceremony of the project was held at the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) with the participation of Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Vahit Kirişci, World Bank Country Director for Türkiye Humberto Lopez, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and Representative for Türkiye Viorel Gutu and guests.

In his speech at the TUCSAP opening event held at the General Directorate of Forestry, Yumaklı said that they will make every effort to ensure that agriculture and forestry in Türkiye will be in the position they should be in the new period.

Emphasizing that a strong infrastructure has been built in the field of agriculture and forestry with the works carried out in the last 21 years, Yumaklı stated that various agricultural supports were provided, R&D investments were made, and revolutionary steps were taken in the green and blue homeland.

Yumaklı pointed out that there have been major climate-related changes in recent years, and noted record increases in average precipitation in some regions.

Reminding that food security has come to the forefront for countries due to the recent epidemics and wars in the world, Yumaklı said that they will work to further increase productivity and quality in Türkiye.

Yumaklı stated that Türkiye's efforts contributed to the world in the establishment of the Grain Corridor and said "As of today, approximately 32 million tons of grains have been supplied to the world market with 985 ships. Thanks to this, the fluctuations in the food market have ceased, but since we are a fragile sector, we have to constantly direct our efforts towards achieving the targets."

Emphasizing that they will work to create a successful agriculture and forestry sector by producing effective policies in the next 5-year period, Yumaklı made the following assessment:

"Our aim is to reduce input costs, increase productivity, digitalize agriculture, simplify management, base production and producer-oriented planning on production and producer-oriented planning, so that we can provide food to our consumers at reasonable prices."

33 million dollar contribution to more than 55 thousand beneficiaries

Yumaklı pointed out that TUCSAP is also linked to future projects and said "It is vital to ensure the optimum use of our soil and water resources for sustainable agricultural production. Therefore, we plan to achieve this goal by using information technologies and producing local solutions."

Stating that they care about the attractiveness of the project, Yumaklı noted the following:

"We can say that more than 80 thousand sector representatives will benefit from this project. TUCSAP is a very important step that will enable the use of technology in agriculture to become widespread throughout the country. Production planning on 14 million hectares of land, the opening of 19 state-of-the-art laboratories on animal diseases and health, the further expansion of specialized organized industrial zones based on agriculture that can produce using geothermal heat within the scope of this project, and the development of R&D studies of our Ministry will be provided within the scope of the project. Approximately 43 thousand of our young friends and colleagues will receive training on smart agricultural technologies. More than 55 thousand project beneficiaries will be provided with a contribution of approximately 33 million dollars within the scope of climate-smart agricultural technologies."

Source: Anadolu Ajansı