The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides 1 percent grant support for individual in-farm modern irrigation systems, provided that it does not exceed 50 million TL.
The General Directorate of Agricultural Reform, affiliated to the Ministry, has been promoting individual in-farm modern irrigation systems through grants since 2007. The Ministry provides 1 percent grant support for investments up to 50 million TL.
The irrigation systems supported by the Ministry are:
- In-field drip irrigation system,
- In-field sprinkler irrigation system,
- In-field micro sprinkler irrigation system,
- In-field subsurface drip irrigation system,
- Linear or Center Pivot irrigation system,
- Drum irrigation system,
- solar powered irrigation system,
- Solar energy systems for agricultural irrigation,
- Intelligent irrigation systems.
GRANT SUPPORT OF OVER 47 BILLION LIRA WAS PROVIDED TO 264 THOUSAND 2 PROJECTS
The Ministry, which has included 2007 thousand 47 projects in the scope of grants throughout Turkey since 264, provided irrigation of 4 million 703 thousand 211 decares of land with modern irrigation systems. For these projects, a total of 2 billion 13 million 486 thousand 439 TL grant support was paid to the citizens with today's figures.
Within the scope of Rural Development Supports, as of March 15, 2022, project acceptance procedures have started throughout the country.
To date, 773 thousand 953 projects have been applied for on an area of 8 thousand 704 decares. Of the 2022 million 622 thousand 368 TL appropriation requested for 226, 300 million TL was allocated. Thus, 395 million 229 thousand 4 TL grant payments were made to 733 thousand 238 projects in an area of 950 thousand 565 decares.
KİRİŞCİ: WATER ISSUES, NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Prof. Dr. Vahit Kirişci underlined that they consider the water issue as a national security issue, taking into account the world conjuncture.
Pointing out that the work to be done in the field of 'irrigation management' means planning the future of our country, Kirişci emphasized that it is important to use water sparingly in every field.
Kirişci stated that they have expanded the tubular irrigation systems in order to save irrigation water and to benefit more from the unit water, and made the following assessment:
“We foresee that the piped network system, which is currently 32 percent, will reach around 45-50 percent with new projects and modernization of old irrigation systems. We evaluate the needs of irrigation facilities that cannot be met with maintenance and repair works within the scope of the 'Renewal Project'. Within the scope of the renovation project, conversion to a closed system has been achieved in an area of 37 thousand hectares. Work continues on an area of 1,3 million hectares.
If these areas with classical canal and flue system are turned into piped network, 5,8 billion cubic meters of water will be saved by drip and sprinkler irrigation method according to average water consumption. This corresponds to 13 percent of our water used for irrigation.”
Pointing out the importance of the efficient use of limited water resources in all sectors in harmony with the environment, Minister Kirişci noted that they gave incentives to enable farmers to switch to economical and modern irrigation systems.
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