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Underlining that food is “the most important strategic item and even a weapon of the time”, President of Agricultural Development Foundation (TAK-VA) Mehmet Taşan said, “If we cannot leave the land empty and produce, we will face hunger.” Taşan, who is also an engineer of agriculture, told that what could be done in agriculture, the importance of which has become more prominent with the coronavirus epidemic. What is the importance of agriculture with coronavirus? There are very important lessons to be drawn from the coronavirus outbreak. First of all, with this epidemic, it turned out how human beings are incapable of an invisible virus in a period called 'global world', when borders are lifted and our whole life is connected to technology. As can be understood from the statements of the authorities that 'nothing will be the same from now on', the priorities of people and countries will also be reshaped. Agriculture will be more important especially because of the...

Chairman of Agricultural Development Foundation Mehmet Taşan has made a written statement and emphasized the importance of World Food Day celebrated on 16th of October every year... Press release... In parallel with the world population growth, meeting the food needs has made the agricultural sector one of the most strategic sectors of the century. There is no substitute source for the agricultural sector that produces food and raw materials necessary for human survival and nutrition. The most basic human right is the physical and economic access to sufficient, healthy, safe and nutritious food in order to meet the nutritional needs of an individual in order to maintain an active and healthy life. Societies that cannot produce food cannot be fully independent and free. It should not forget that the way of our freedom is to meet our food with national means. Although human beings produce enough food to feed the whole of the world's population every year, nearly 800 milli...