Turkey: Ordu Metropolitan Municipality took action for buckwheat production

Published May 29, 2024

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The Ordu Metropolitan Municipality has initiated the first trial planting of buckwheat in Ordu, Turkey, with the goal of increasing domestic production and providing an alternative source of income for producers. Despite the country's annual demand being 40 thousand tons, only 2 thousand tons are currently produced. In collaboration with the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, 1,200 kilograms of buckwheat seeds were distributed to producers in Konacık, Üçyol and Yağmurlar Districts, and the Metropolitan Municipality has committed to purchasing the harvested products. The project is part of the municipality's wider efforts to bring idle agricultural lands into agriculture, increase producers' income, and support product diversity.

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Ordu Metropolitan Municipality took action to produce buckwheat, which is an important product for those with gluten sensitivity and whose demand in Turkey exceeds 40 thousand tons. In Turkey, where only 2 thousand tons of the 40 thousand tons of demand are produced, buckwheat trial planting was carried out for the first time in Ordu under the leadership of the Metropolitan Municipality, in order to create an alternative source of income for producers and to contribute to the production in the domestic market. Metropolitan Mayor Dr. The agricultural investments initiated by Mehmet Hilmi Güler with the slogan of 'self-sufficient city' with the aim of bringing idle agricultural lands into agriculture, increasing the income sources of producers in rural areas, supporting product diversity and obtaining more income from unit area are gradually growing. A new one has been added to the projects initiated in cooperation with Ordu Metropolitan Municipality and Provincial Directorate of ...

Source: Sondakika