TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Turkey still has a long way to reach the stars but remains committed to improving local satellite and space technology. The space directorate of a state-run body found grounds for cooperation with a development organization in the country's southeast to ensure agricultural development using space technologies. The "Precision Agriculture and Expansion of Sustainable Practices" project, run by the space department of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Regional Development Directorate, is helping farmers increase efficiency. With more technological assistance, Turkey plans to save at least 25 percent in fertilizer use, the highest cost for farmers. Turkey recently set up a space agency and concentrated efforts on research and development in space technologies. It has also successfully built communication satellites. Now it uses its experience in precision agriculture, which is also called satelli...

An international cotton festival will be organized in Şanlıurfa... Advisory board meeting was held for the cotton festival planned to be organized in Akçakale county of Şanlıurfa province. Deputy Governor Ufuk Akıl chaired the meeting and exchanged information about the planned festival. Akıl, after the meeting, said that they made preparations regarding international level of the organization. Stating that he believes the festival will contribute to the promotion of the city, Akıl noted that the festival will be held during the harvest period of next year and that the relevant people will be invited to the organization in important cotton producing countries such as China, India and Uzbekistan. Akçakale Mayor Mehmet Yalçınkaya also said it is quite important that the economic benefits of cotton and added, "Turkey can not have rich oil resources, but gave God Almighty nearly two important oil wells in our country. One of them Euphrates, the other the Tigris River. If...