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With production planning, it is aimed to grow strategic crops in the most appropriate place, optimise the use of resources, enhance productivity and agricultural output – It is aimed to strengthen the producers by preventing the farmers from experiencing marketing problems during the harvest period
With the agricultural production planning implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in order to ensure supply security in strategic products, it is aimed to ensure optimisation in resource use, efficiency and increase in agricultural output, while preventing producers from experiencing marketing problems during the harvest period.
According to the information obtained from the Ministry, agricultural production planning aims to determine the crops or crop groups to be produced according to the supply and demand amounts. In addition, it is planned to protect the security of supply in strategic products, to determine the minimum and maximum production amounts according to the needs of the country and to prevent the occurrence of excess or deficiency in supply.
With the planning of production, it is aimed to produce in the most suitable place by taking into account issues such as water constraint, socio-economic conditions, marketing opportunities, agricultural infrastructure, storage and operation capacity, presence of tools and equipment, area size, animal population, farmer experiences, aquaculture.
By producing and cultivating strategic crops in the most appropriate place, it is aimed to ensure optimisation in resource use, increase in productivity and agricultural output. A water-centred production planning is envisaged by preventing producers from experiencing marketing problems during the harvest period, contributing to the rise in their welfare levels and ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources by taking climate change into account. In this way, it is desired that producers will be empowered and consumers will be able to share in the increasing welfare.
The production planning framework has been organised to cover plant and animal production and aquaculture. In this context, aquaculture and animal production plans for the years 2024-2027 were put into practice. For the planning of animal production, alternative development zones were determined for fattening, dairy and poultry production.
In aquaculture production, anchovy, bluefin tuna, white sand mussel, sea aubergine, eel, pearl mullet, medical leech, sea bass, sea bream, Turkish salmon, Mediterranean mussel were included in the planning scope.
Work has also been completed for the planning of crop production and planned production started on 1 September 2024. In this context, wheat, barley, maize, chickpea, dry bean, lentil, sunflower (oil), cotton, soya, safflower, canola, potato, dry onion and fodder crops were included in the production planning. These crops will be allowed to be grown in the most suitable basins.
In order to facilitate and encourage the implementation of agricultural production planning, the Ministry is working on harmonising other practices with production planning. In this framework, registration, agricultural supports, agricultural credits, grant programmes, bringing unused agricultural lands into production, permitting of agricultural lands, contract production and rating of agricultural organisations are being carried out…
