Turkey's crop production increased to 137 million tons in 2023

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Published Mar 24, 2024

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Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, has emphasized the significance of seed production for the country's self-sufficiency. Over the past 22 years, Turkey has made substantial progress in this area, aided by its favourable climate. The country is preserving 37 ancestral seeds in a gene bank and is distributing seeds across the nation as part of the Project on Enabling the Use of Agricultural Lands. The Ministry is set to distribute seeds for soybean, sunflower, chickpea and dry beans worth over 54 million lira.

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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said in the seed distribution program held at Adana Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry that agriculture has been one of the basic foundations of humanity's existence throughout history. Yumaklı touched upon the importance of productivity in agriculture and continued his words as follows: Minister Yumaklı explained that seed growing is now seen as the key to countries' own sufficiency and even freedom, and said: Yumaklı stated that Turkey has great advantages regarding the development of seed production in terms of climatic conditions, and that a great progress has been made in this field in the last 22 years. Stating that they are especially aware of the strategic value of domestic seeds and that special and serious studies are being carried out on this subject, Yumaklı stated that 37 ancestral seeds are kept under protection in the gene bank along with other products. Stating that Adana is a city that produces ...

Source: Haber7