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With the "Local Seed Meetings" project, heirloom local seed varieties, which are in the hands of  farmers, have been taken under protection in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to this project launched under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 1131 heirloom local seed varieties were collected. The heirloom seeds collected through the "Local Seed Meetings" project, which started in 2017 under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, are increasing day by day. The project, which started in İzmir, continued with various activities in Samsun and Şanlıurfa. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said that heirloom local seeds were both protected and reproduced so that unforgettable flavours reached the tables again. In this process, Pakdemirli stated that 1131 heirloom local seed varieties, which are in the hands of people and farmers, were delivered to the Ministry and that half of these seeds were t...

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 ...