Safflower, which gives life to unproductive soil, will be an alternative income for the producers in Turkey

With the project carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry in Bingöl, safflower was grown on the land where no yield could be obtained from any crop it had been planted for 15 years. The Agriculture and Forestry Directorate is planting new crops in the city in order to develop agriculture and livestock activities in the city, to support the farmers and to add value to the economy. In this context, as a result of the necessary researches, safflower was planted for the first time on a 100-decare land in Gümüşlü village of the center, which has not been productive for 15 years, and 15 tons of crops were obtained from the land after years. The Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, which plans to plant aspirin on 1000 decares of land in the city, offers producers an alternative product option. "We expect it to be an alternative source of income for our farmers" Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Burhan Bahadır, told Anadolu Agency ...