Women farmers are introduced to thyme in Kilis, Turkey

With the introductory meeting held in Kilis, women farmers were informed about the production, maintenance and harvest of the thyme plant. The introductory meeting of the Kilis Meets Thyme Project, which was accepted to be implemented in 2022 within the framework of the Women Farmers Meet with Agricultural Innovations Program in Kilis, was held. Speaking at the introductory meeting of the project to be implemented by the Eastern Mediterranean Transition Zone Agricultural Research Institute and the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry Coordination and Agricultural Data Branch, project coordinator Züleyha Pamukoğlu said that in Kilis, the Oregano plant was introduced to female farmers, who are the cornerstone of society, and that they both provided training on this subject. Expressing that, "In addition to teaching its cultivation, Thyme is a medicinal and aromatic plant that grows in many climate and soil conditions, does not require much care and ...