TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Turkey has donated $650,000 for an agricultural project in northern Uganda , an area battered by years of conflict and refugee influx, a diplomat said on Feb. 24. Turkey donated the funds to Uganda through the UN Development Program, which is working on the project, Ambassador Kerem Alp told state-run Anadolu Agency. Northern Uganda faced a decade of civil war when the rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) waged a war against the government by killing, abducting, and displacing thousands of people in the region. Alp said the Turkish Embassy in Uganda is now more interested in building person-to-person relations as Uganda and Turkey currently enjoy good diplomatic ties. “We want the peoples of our two countries to benefit from this friendship,” he said. Alp said his office and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Turkey’s aid agency, have been advising over two dozen Turkish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Uganda on what type of humanitarian assis...

TİKA supports beekeeping in Albania... 400 hives were distributed to beekeepers in Debre, western Albania, by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). TİKA Tirana Coordinator Necip Özay Özütok, Debre Governor Necbedin Sheu and Debre Beekeepers Association attended the ceremony for the distribution of beehives. Özütok, in his speech here, said that they support the development of Albania with projects, from education to health, agriculture and animal husbandry. Özütok noted that they have also implemented projects in many areas in Albania. Stating that they aim to improve apiculture in the region thanks to this project, "Not only distributing the beehives along with other equipments but we have a plan to set up a new facility for packaging and bee cake production." Debra Governor Necbedin Shehu, also stressing that Turkey has always been generous to Albania and Debar, thanked TİKA. Aslan Cani, former President of Debre Beekeepers Association,...