In cooperation between the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and the Agricultural Technologies Clustering Foundation (TÜME), Türkiye aims to engage 40,000 young people in agriculture through AI-supported modern farms, daily Milliyet has reported. Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Rector Hüseyin Dalgar, pointed out the aging risk in agriculture, noting that the average age of farmers in Türkiye has risen to 59, while only about 5 percent of farmers are between 18 and 32. According to official data, while around 5 million people are employed in agriculture, the number of registered farmers in the Farmer Registration System has exceeded 2.3 million. Of those registered in crop production, 14 percent are young, 59 percent middle-aged, and 27 percent over 65. In livestock production, 23 percent are young, 61 percent middle-aged and 16 percent over 65. Factors such as agriculture not being seen as a profession, families directing children to jobs with social security outside ...