Production move for local sesame in Turkiye

Migros took another important step to increase Turkey's domestic sesame production and support local agriculture and launched the 'Local Sesame, Local Production' project in cooperation with Pol's. Thanks to the project, it is aimed to create a sustainable supply chain by supporting the local production of sesame product, which has been mainly imported in recent years. In addition to local sesame, tahini and halva products produced with local sesame are offered for sale in Migros stores under the Pol's brand. 90 percent are women In order to support local sesame production, in the first phase of the project, sesame was planted in the Adana Çukurova region on an area of 390 decares, 90 percent of which was female producers, with a contracted agriculture model. Strengthened by Migros' purchase guarantee, farmers who started production again received agricultural training and technical support from Pol's Agricultural Coordination team, consisting of agricultural engineers, during the ...