Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Pakdemirli spoke at the Turkish Grain Congress 2021: (2)

Published 2021년 11월 12일

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Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, announced a trade surplus of 14 billion dollars over the past 19 years in wheat and related products. The country is taking steps to support farmers affected by drought and increasing state support for crop insurance. In response to global epidemics and local drought, which affected grain production, the government bought grain from farmers to stabilize the feed market and prevent increased production costs. This action also ensured the availability of raw materials for the feed market. Additionally, the government sold over 1 million tons of bread wheat to maintain stability in the flour market, benefiting around 350 companies.

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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that they had a foreign trade surplus of 14 billion dollars in wheat and its products in the last 19 years. Pakdemirli, in his speech at the "Turkey Grain Congress 2021" organized by the Soil Products Office (TMO) and the Turkish Flour Industrialists' Federation (TUSAF), at a hotel in the Kundu Tourism Zone of Aksu district of Antalya, said that they secured the sweat of the farmer with TARSİM. Stating that they provided 36.3 million lira premium support with 60 percent state premium support due to agricultural drought, Pakdemirli said that they paid 214 million liras of damage compensation to farmers. As of 2022, the state premium support in Village Based Drought Yield Insurance, which covers products in the grain group such as wheat, barley, rye, oats and triticale, will increase from 60 percent to 70 percent, and the threshold value of damage compensation from 70 percent to 80 percent. Pakdemirli, explaining that they ...

Source: Sondakika