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The mass production of Turkey ’s first electric tractor can be postponed by one month to October due to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said on April 19. “Work is continuing to set the electric tractor production line. We will start manufacturing as soon as the production line is ready,” said Özkan Kayacan, Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) general director. “We aimed to release the electric tractors at the end of August or the beginning of September, but it can be delayed by one month,” he added. Demand for the indigenous electric tractor is already high, said Kayacan, adding, “If I announce that it is for sale, some 1,000 of them would be sold overnight. The demand is high because fuel cost is high. We are talking about decreasing the current fuel cost by a 20th.” An electric tractor is expected to help a farmer save 133,000 Turkish Liras ($18,720) yearly on average, according to the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry’s estimate. ...

General Director of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) Özkan Kayacan said that newly developed corn varieties received great appeciation in the 'Field Day' held by Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute... Giving information about the studies carried out Kayacan, stated: "We have friends who produce much more quality jobs than foreign companies. Who dominates food dominates the world. To achieve this, there must be successful organizations in seed production. At this point, the private sector makes successful works. In our country, the first studies are usually carried out by the state and then to the private sector. As TAGEM, we are conducting many joint R & D projects with the private sector. We grow much higher quality domestic varieties at the point reached. Six new varieties of silage and grain maize have reached a beautiful point. Our only concern is to increase domestic and national production and to improve our country." ...

Tekirdağ - Turkey's first national and local electric tractor, is being tested in Tekirdağ Viticultural Research Institute. General Director of Agricultural Research and Policies Özkan Kayacan made explanations about the characteristics of the electric tractor. Driving tests in Turkey's first national and local electric tractor of Tekirdag Viticulture Research Institute. In an explanation about the electric tractor, it was stated that it was tried to be offered to farmers within 1 year. "We can use it between 10 and 12 hours" Özkan Kayacan, General Manager of Agricultural Research and Policies, said in a statement that he participated in the test studies and said, "We can use it for 7 hours, except that we can use it for about 10 to 12 hours, such as trailer towing, load towing, spraying, etc. It was a dream when we first started. We have achieved a lot more power than we really expected, hopefully we are ready to put this power in the service of our farm...

With its projects and products in the field of technology, Defense Technologies Inc. (STM) plays an important role in the defense sector. It signed an important protocol with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Within the scope of cooperation protocol; Turkey's first high-resolution images provided by the STM, which is micro-satellite developed by LAGARİ, will be used by the Ministry for agricultural applications. The protocol of cooperation signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) and STM on 26 August 2019; It is an important step in the use of local satellite technologies and defense industry competencies in line with civil public needs. BENEFITS FROM DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES IN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS... It is planned to meet the optical image needs of public institutions through LAGARİ which will be launched in 2020. Following the preliminary studies, The Ministry of Agriculture an...

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will support about 13 million liras to 21 projects within the framework of R&D Programme... The Contract Ceremony was held in Ankara for the projects agreed to be supported under the 15th Call of the R & D Support Program carried out by the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 21 projects will be supported within the scope of R&D Support Programme... These projects chosen out of 192 submitted to the Ministry within the scope of the 15th Project Call, entered into force by signing their contracts at the ceremony organized with the participation of TAGEM General Manager Özkan Kayacan and project executives and executing authorities. Projects to be supported by the Ministry will be paid approximately 13 million liras until the deadline of concluding...

Özkan Kayacan: Turkey is the world leader in dried apricots production  TAGEM (Agricultural Research and Policies Directorate) Manager Özkan Kayacan said that Turkey's share in world production of dried apricots is about 63 percent; Turkey, a leader in production and export of dried apricots. TAGEM Manager Özkan Kayacan, in his speech during the opening ceremony of 17th International Apricot Breeding and Culture Symposium, organized by Malatya Turgut Özal University and the Malatya Apricot Research Institute, said that Turkey has an important position on agricultural exports with over 17 billion dollars. Stating that Turkey's rank as of agricultural revenue in the first 10 in the world, while first in Europe he continued: "As a country, we feed 82 million inhabitants, 40 million tourists and 5 to 6 million immigrants. Even though we sometimes import from abroad, we are in the position of net foreign sellers with over 17 billion dollars of agricultural ...