Tag Archives: Rural development

Project empowers rural communities, promotes smart farming, connects local products to national, international markets… ​​​​​​ISTANBUL…  Türkiye’s leading e-commerce platform, Trendyol, presented its “Villages of Tomorrow” project, carried out in rural areas across different Turkish regions in collaboration with the UN Development Program (UNDP), at the 80th United Nations (UN) General …

Press release… 3 September 2025, Ankara – Türkiye continues to advance digital transformation in rural areas through the FAO Digital Villages Initiative (DVI), implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.This collaboration illustrates how digital solutions and partnerships can empower rural women, strengthen cooperatives, and unlock new income-generating opportunities in …

Press release… Regional project delivers targeted training and equipment to rural women, transforming lives The FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme project aims to empower rural women as drivers of innovation and economic growth. 4 December 2024, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – A high-level delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye visited Tajikistan …

Türkiye has a rich agricultural and cultural structure with its different geographical and climatic characteristics. This situation allows for the growth of various endemic plant species. This diversity enables the emergence of local products that directly represent certain geographies. Local products not only reflect the cultural heritage of the region …

Where there is water, there is life. A reliable source of clean water is necessary to grow nutritious food and to lead a healthy life. But climate change is wreaking havoc on rainfall patterns and causing surface water to be lost to evaporation. Sometimes there is not enough water, and …

The very first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty by 2030… Today, seven years after the goals were agreed and on the heels of a global pandemic, conflict and economic crises, a world without poverty seems out of reach. The World Bank estimates that, by the end of 2022, 685 million …

There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed to deliver the changes many hoped it would. Racially based dislocation and land dispossession were central features of colonial conquest and apartheid rule. To redress this, in 1994, the newly elected African National Congress (ANC) set a target of …

Iğdır University in the eponymous eastern province of Turkey has launched a new project focused on the preservation, development and promotion of the city’s carpets and rugs in association with the Turkish Employment Agency (IŞKUR). The university-owned business has sold the locally manufactured textile products to Japan in hopes of …

In accordance with the President’s Decision published in the Official Gazette, grant support will be provided to agricultural and rural economic infrastructure investments for rural development in the period of 2021-2025. Decision on Supporting Agricultural Based Economic Investments and Rural Economic Infrastructure Investments within the Scope of Rural Development Supports …