Turkey: Lentil seed grants distributed to farmers in Diyarbakır

Published 2024년 11월 5일

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The Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry in Diyarbakır, Turkey, has distributed 381 tons of red lentil seeds to 1,100 producers, with a 75 percent grant as part of the 'Development and Dissemination of Red Lentil Production Project'. The project, which aims to cultivate red lentils on idle lands, will allocate a total of 13 million 333 thousand 333 liras from 2024-2025, with support from the Metropolitan Municipality and the directorate. The goal is to increase red lentil planting areas, which currently are planned to be reduced progressively from 730 thousand acres in 2022 to 435 thousand acres in 2024, by bringing more lands into agricultural production.

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In Diyarbakır, 381 tons of red lentil seeds were given to producers with a 75 percent grant. According to the statement made by the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, the certified lentil seeds obtained with the "Development and Dissemination of Red Lentil Production Project" prepared by the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry within the scope of the "Efficiency of Agricultural Land Use Project (TAKEP)" of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry were distributed to farmers in a ceremony. Within the scope of the project, 381 tons of seeds were distributed to 1,100 producers with a 75 percent grant this year. Speaking at the ceremony held in the garden of the Provincial Directorate, Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Ertan Atalar stated that Diyarbakır is one of the important agricultural cities in Turkey. Stating that they aim to bring the vacant, idle and fallow lands into agricultural production with appropriate rotation plans ...

Source: Sondakika