Türkiye is in the top 10 seed in the world, 97 out of 100 kilograms are produced here

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Published Mar 15, 2024

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Turkey ranks among the top 10 global seed producers, with 97% of seeds used domestically produced within the country, according to Agriculture and Forestry Minister, Bekir Pakdemirli. The country exports seeds to 117 nations and has initiated a project to maximize agricultural land use, minimize fallow areas, and boost crop production. This project is being implemented across all provinces of Turkey, with the Ministry's General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Development and several private sector companies conducting ongoing R&D on seeds.

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Yumaklı, at the Seed Distribution Ceremony within the scope of the "Enabling the Use of Agricultural Lands Project" held in the garden of the Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry in Afyonkarahisar, drew attention to the importance of the seed industry and said that there are misconceptions about this issue in the country. Emphasizing that the first beginning of this business is seeds in terms of ensuring food supply security, Yumaklı said: "Leaving aside all that has been said about seeds or the well-known misconceptions, I would like to specifically request you to know these few issues. First, Turkey is among the top 10 countries in the world in seed production. It is now known as a country with high-level studies on seeds. Everything used in Turkey is "97 kilograms of 100 kilograms of seeds are produced in the territory of this country. After our ancestral seeds are certified and confirmed, they are protected in our gene bank, just like other seeds." Yumaklı stated that the ...

Source: Haber7