Earning a Living with Sera

In the Uludere district of Şırnak, 38-year-old Mahmut Yaman, thanks to the greenhouse he established with state support, is taking care of his 7-member family, 2 of whom are disabled. Living in his affiliated village, Yaman, who also engaged in small livestock farming, applied to the "Development and Promotion of Greenhouse Cultivation Project" coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration, and the Şırnak Governor's Office in the rural area. With the support, Yaman set up a 600 square meter covered 4-tube greenhouse on the land next to his house, producing summer and winter vegetables. Yaman provides for his mentally disabled mother Behiye and sister Canan, his wife Delila who had a lung transplant 16 years ago, and his 4 children through his production. Yaman told the AA reporter that he had previously engaged in chicken farming and also produced vegetables seasonally next to his house with his own ...