Idle Lands Are Returned to Production

Within the scope of the Project to Enable the Use of Agricultural Lands; By providing seedling and seed support to producers, uncultivated or fallow lands and areas not suitable for cultivated agriculture are brought into plant production, and the use of agricultural lands is enabled.

The support provided within the scope of the project contributed to agricultural production in 6 provinces affected by the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that occurred on February 2023, 11.

In this context, 14 million 308 thousand liras for sunflower, soy, dry beans, chickpeas and citrus products in Adana, and 13 million 76 thousand liras for sunflowers, red lentils, chickpeas, wheat, melon, watermelon, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants in Adıyaman. An allowance of 9 million 194 thousand liras was used for watermelons, melons, paddy and red lentils in Diyarbakır.

8 million 987 thousand liras for dried beans, chickpeas, wheat, lentils and saffron in Elazığ, 7 million 585 liras for sorghum, peanuts, red lentils, sumac, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cucumbers in Kilis. 9 million 49 thousand liras for barley, red lentils, wheat and vegetables, 11 million 188 thousand liras for dry beans, chickpeas, wheat, barley, sunflower, hawthorn grafting and vegetables in Malatya, vine saplings, sunflowers, soybeans in Osmaniye, 2 million 555 thousand liras were allocated for olives and vegetables, and 24 million 18 thousand liras were allocated for red lentils in Şanlıurfa.

In Hatay, one of the provinces most affected by earthquakes, 3 million 597 thousand liras for sunflowers, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, and in Kahramanmaraş, 23 million 857 thousand liras for chickpeas, sunflowers, soybeans, green peas, red lentils, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cucumbers. funds were provided.

Thus, approximately 11 million 2023 thousand liras of funds were sent by BÜGEM to 127 provinces affected by earthquakes to be used in 413.

THIS YEAR A BUDGET OF 200 MILLION LIRAS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED

This year, 200 million lira was allocated to bring idle lands into agriculture in these provinces. With this budget, it is aimed to bring empty, fallow or idle lands into plant production by planting 503 thousand decares of land for field crops and 6 thousand decares of land for vegetable production, and to activate the use of agricultural lands.