Turkiye: Pistachio support for farmers in Konya

Konya Metropolitan Municipality provided support to farmers in 3 districts of Konya for pistachio production. Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay stated in his written statement on the subject that they continued to diversify the sapling and seedling support provided to farmers and producers. Emphasizing that increasing agricultural production and supporting farmers in Konya, which is the center of agriculture, has always been among their priorities, Altay said, "Agricultural support will continue to increase in 2025, as it does every year, in order to increase the income of farmers in the regions where they live. Our aim is to increase the welfare level of our citizens in the regions where they live. In this context, we provide different supports to our farmers in 31 districts." Altay, who stated that they determined pilot regions in the city for pistachio production, noted the following: "In the supports we provide, we give importance to products that have high ...