A new agricultural support scheme aims to boost production in Turkey

The government has overhauled the support scheme for Türkiye’s millions of farmers with a plan covering the period of 2025-2027 to boost production and ensure food supply security. The presidential decree on “supports for crop and other agricultural products” was published in the Official Gazette. The new model aims to ensure the sustainability of agricultural production and food supply security, contribute to production planning and increase yield and quality, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said. The support model also aims to encourage adopting environmentalist approaches in agricultural production. The new scheme marks the “beginning of a new era” in Turkish agriculture, Yumaklı said, adding that this is the most important pillar of planned production. “For the first time, supports to be provided for plant production were announced for a period of three years,” the minister noted. The new model simplifies the support mechanism and all farmers included in the ...