Doğan: "If the burden of our farmers is lightened, production will increase, our country will benefit"

Adana Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture President Mehmet Akın Doğan said that the new fees introduced for the change of status of agricultural lands in 2024 have disadvantaged the farmer. Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture President Mehmet Akın Doğan made statements about the change of status of fields, gardens, and greenhouses in agricultural lands. Doğan said, "When our farmers want to change the status of their agricultural lands to make them more productive, they have to seek an opinion from the Agricultural District Directorates before applying to the Land Registry Directorates. For this process, which was free of charge until before 2024, high amounts such as 4,970 TL for up to 10 dönüms and 9,400 TL for every 10 dönüms after the first 10 dönüms are now being requested. For example, a farmer who wants to convert 100 dönüms of land into a garden has to pay a total of 89,570 TL." President Doğan pointed out that the new application has further increased the disadvantages of farmers, ...