FAO INITIATES INTEGRATED LAND-USE PLANNING IN TURKEY...
Press release... 4 July, 2019 FAO initiates integrated land-use planning in Turkey... Turkey’s limited agricultural land is increasingly affected by competition from mutually exclusive land uses. Demands on the land for cropping, grazing, forestry and industrial and urban development are greater than the land resources available, especially as land users from various sectors compete in the same areas to achieve food security, nature conservation and other objectives. To find a balance among these different demands and to assure agricultural production while protecting the environment, integrated land-use planning has become a major need in Turkey. As a response, today the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, launched the Integrated Land-Use Planning (ILUP) for Food Security by Enhancing Climate Resilience and Ecosystem Management project at an inception meeting in Ankara. T...