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The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, said: “In the field of support payments for raw milk, 262,641 producers paid 353 million 849 thousand TL for 2 million 635 thousand tons of raw milk, within the framework of the pallet support payment, 3 thousand 610 producers, 10 thousand 289 heads We will begin to deposit a total of 414 million 754 thousand TL support payments, including 58 million 235 thousand TL for 413 projects in the field of support payment of 2 million 670 thousand TL and Rural Development Support, in the accounts of our farmers after 6:00 pm, he said.
Pakdemirli, in his speech on kiwi harvest activities in Yalova, Turkey is a fertile geography, production and said that the harvest is carried out simultaneously in four seasons.
Pakdemirli emphasized that the kiwi harvest took place in Yalova at the time of planting wheat in Central Anatolia.
“A city that has become a brand in many products from kiwi to ornamental plants, from fruit production to vegetables and has done so with its own doll. In fact, 15 percent of its acreage, or 119 thousand decars, is cultivated agricultural acreage, but our Yalova growers are the best and most accurate. the value of crop production in the last 18 years using the figure increased to 7 times the increase by 309 million pounds. 160 million annually up to the third Yalova ornamental plants in Turkey with production. ornamental plants, Yalova years to provide 450 million pounds of added value. In the last 18 years it doubled and reached 145 million lire. These figures show us the effort and work of the farmers of Yalova ”.
Pakdemirli explained that they paid a total of 400 million lira to Yalova in the last 18 years and provided information on the investments made in the city.
“I invite all our producers to be members of DITAP”
Claiming that Turkey is one of the countries in the world with the richest biodiversity in Pakdemirli, hundreds of products also said that kiwi is grown in this region.
Minister Pakdemirli said: “Kiwi production in the world is approximately 4 million tons. Our country has become one of the main producers in the world with a kiwi production in an area of approximately 31 thousand decars. I would like to draw attention to this place, our kiwi production has a record 30 times in the last 18 years. increase, reaching 74 thousand tons to 2 thousand 500 tons. Yalova ranks first in Turkey with 25 thousand tons of kiwi production This success, of course, is yielding the production obtained in the world standard of modern garden formed by our Yalova farmers Yalova’da 6,300 hectares The production of kiwi in the field has been a source of income for 2,000 families In addition, our Yalova farmers contributed to the economy of Yalova and our country by exporting $ 3 million kiwi fruit in 2019.
Pakdemirli also referred to the Digital Agricultural Market (DITAP) project, which they launched this year.
Emphasizing that this is an important project that includes many factors such as contract manufacturing, price stability, elimination of middlemen and cost reduction, Pakdemirli said: “I invite all of our producers to become members of DITAP so that They can find a market for their product at a reasonable price and be rewarded for their hard work. ”He used the expression.
Kiwi growing tips for youth and women
Pakdemirli stated that they gave important support as a Ministry for the development of kiwi production and to increase the added value of the product, and shared the following information:
“We especially provide our kiwi growers with a total of 19 lira of diesel fertilizer support per decare. In addition, we provide 10 lira of solid mineral mineral organic fertilizer support per decare, 20 to 40 lira of organic farming and a good support to agriculture. We also support the establishment of new gardens in kiwi production. For this purpose, we support the use of standard saplings. We provide 100 TL per decare for the use of certified seedlings and 280 TL for the use of certified seedlings in the gardens established with our company. We provide TL 100 per decare within the scope of supporting small family businesses. In addition, we also offer significant grant opportunities for investments in processing, marketing and storage of the kiwis produced. We provide 8.2 million TL in grants to 29 projects in total, including processing, packaging do and packaging.
In addition, Ziraat Bank and our agricultural credit unions provide financing to our kiwi growers and the industry with low-interest investment and operating loans. Also, to protect our farmers from natural disasters, we support 50 percent of the policy under TARSİM as a state. We also increase the policy support rate if the producer is young and female. I advise our young people and women to invest in the cultivation of kiwi, which has an economic return of 30 years, with a small investment. Because with a small investment in an area of 10 decars, you can earn up to 6 times the minimum wage per month for 30 years. “
Food waste
Minister Bekir Pakdemirli also made assessments on food waste. Explaining that 1.3 billion tons of food produced in the world, corresponding to a third of the food produced in the world, is lost or wasted every year, Pakdemirli said that “14 percent of the food produced from the field to the Retail sales are lost. Unfortunately, waste in our country is serious. 4.9 million daily. We see that bread is wasted. 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables produced are lost. In the service sector, 4 per business are wasted , 2 tons of food and 2 thousand liters of beverages per year. In our country 18.8 million tons of food are wasted per year. It corresponds to the amount of garbage transported by 625 thousand garbage trucks “. I speak.
Pakdemirli affirmed that if society becomes aware of even 5 percent, the livelihood of 900 thousand families in the country will be reached for 1 year, and recalled that as a Ministry they began an important campaign to prevent food loss and reduce waste in may.
Support payments
Pakdemirli, last Wednesday “Let the word and the record come.” Claiming that they have started a new study with the slogan, they stated that they intend to break the world record with 2 million people in social conscience.
In addition, Pakdemirli gave good news to the producers, “In the field of support payments for raw milk, 262 thousand 641 producers paid 353 million 849 thousand TL for 2 million 635 thousand tons of raw milk, within the framework of the payment of Malak support, 3 thousand 610 producers, 10 thousand 289 pallets. We will begin to invest a total of 414 million 754 thousand TL in support payments, of which 58 million 235 thousand TL to 413 projects in the field of support payment of 2 million TL 670 thousand and Rural Development Support, in the accounts of our farmers after 6:00 pm today Good luck to all our producers.
Pakdemirli, who gave plaques to the youngest and oldest kiwi growers in the Altınova district, distributed kiwi seedlings to farmers. Pakdemirli, who started the kiwi harvest later, offered the kiwis he collected to reporters.
The program was attended by Yalova Governor Muammer Erol, Yalova AK Party MPs Ahmet Büyükgümüş and Meliha Akyol, Yalova Deputy Mayor Mustafa Tutuk and other stakeholders.
