Stevia seedlings shipment has begun in Balıkesir

Retired Colonel Selahattin Güvenç (75), who lives in the Burhaniye district, has been getting positive results from stevia (sugar herb) production, which he started 14 years ago, and has begun shipping the seedlings he produced this year. Güvenç, who sent 50,000 stevia seedlings to Marmara Island in Balıkesir, said that stevia farming will also begin on Marmara Island. Retired Colonel Selahattin Güvenç established 3 greenhouses on the Çoruk Neighborhood road 14 years ago. Güvenç, who has been growing stevia seedlings every year since then, also started tobacco seedling production this year. He sent 50,000 of the stevia seedlings he produced this year to Marmara Island. Güvenç said he has sent stevia seedlings to nearly 2,000 farmers from Samsun to Hatay. It was noted that the seedlings sent to Marmara Island will be distributed to 10 farmers. Selahattin Güvenç, who noted that he has sent seedlings to nearly 2,000 farmers so far, said, "I have been producing stevia (sugar herb) ...