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Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı unveiled that farmers who produce in accordance with the production planning and water constraint criteria in plant products will receive up to 100 percent diesel and fertiliser support and said that if crops outside the planning are produced, they will only receive basic support. “We will not give any support to the crops that are included in the planning, but are not deemed right to be produced in that area,” Yumaklı said.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, explained the new supporting model titled as, “New Era in Agriculture: Production Planning and New Support Model” during the press conference. Yumaklı said that climate change, population increases, natural disasters, migration, food nationalism, geopolitical risks and many other issues have made agricultural production risky.
Pointing out that they have seen how big a risk is faced with the addition of soil and water depletion and pollution to these effects, Yumaklı added, “As the Ministry, we will respond to these risks with our production power with a sustainable, efficient, quality, registered and invested sector.”
Planned production period in agriculture…
Yumaklı emphasised that plant production planning, which is important for future generations, production power and food supply security, was put into practice as of September and reminded that it entered into force as of 1 January in animal and aquaculture production.
Yumaklı also shared the information that there is an agricultural revenue of 4.4 trillion dollars in the world and stated that Türkiye has an agricultural production revenue of 68.5 billion dollars, ranking first in Europe and among the top 10 in the world.
“We put water at the centre of crop production planning”
Underlining that Türkiye is a country under water stress, Minister Yumaklı continued as follows:
“We are a country under water stress with a potential of 1313 cubic metres per capita. If we do not take any action, there is a risk that we will fall below 1000 cubic metres in 2030 and this will result in us being classified as a water poor country. The world’s major countries in agricultural production are trying to respond to what we call the new normal in many areas, including climate change, food security, farm-to-table strategies, sustainability, effective soil, effective water management and improved farm practices. While working on crop production planning, we put water at the centre. Water will be the most important input for us in the following periods of agricultural production planning.”
