TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Press release... 4 July, 2019 FAO initiates integrated land-use planning in Turkey... Turkey’s limited agricultural land is increasingly affected by competition from mutually exclusive land uses. Demands on the land for cropping, grazing, forestry and industrial and urban development are greater than the land resources available, especially as land users from various sectors compete in the same areas to achieve food security, nature conservation and other objectives. To find a balance among these different demands and to assure agricultural production while protecting the environment, integrated land-use planning has become a major need in Turkey. As a response, today the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, launched the Integrated Land-Use Planning (ILUP) for Food Security by Enhancing Climate Resilience and Ecosystem Management project at an inception meeting in Ankara. T...

News release... FAO celebrated the 30th anniversary of Farmer Field Schools in Konya... The practical field education approach can help Turkey’s agriculture become more sustainable and resilient... 26 June 2019, Konya, Turkey – FAO celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of Farmer Field Schools in Turkey’s Konya region within the scope of its sustainable land management and climate friendly agriculture project, funded by the Global Environment Fund. Farmer Field Schools can be described as farmers’ participatory learning process, where they are in the centre. It is an interactive learning process taking place at the locations where the actual production takes place, rather than a one way learning in a seminar room. For this, a season long approach is essential. “Farmers are the key for food production, therefore institutions have to make greater efforts to support them and agricultural production in general to ensure global and national food security,’’ said Viorel Gutu, FAO R...