HEIRLOOM SEEDS COLLECTED BY THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AS THE NUMBER REACHES TO 1131...
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...