The point we have come to agriculture in the last 10 years: The loss of land in the size of two countries ...
Chamber of Agricultural Engineers Istanbul Branch President Ahmet Atalik, due to deficiencies in the farmer's agricultural policy for the last 15 years, Belgium facial measurements, that 29 million acres of land given up bread and Turkey still said she left the land until the Netherlands face measurement fallow. Atalık, "National Agriculture" year declared in 2017, legumes were cleared customs. We buy chickpeas from Canada, from Argentina and Mexico, from Argentina and Canada and from dry beans from the United States. " Konya Chamber of Agriculture President Celil Çalış said "There has been a serious contraction in the areas of cereals in the last five years" and pointed out the danger.
"WE ARE THE MOTHER LAND OF WHEAT
Chamber of Agricultural Engineers Istanbul Branch President Ahmet Atalik stated that the farmer has given up the bread of araziyi in the size of the face of Belgium in the last 15 years and said "National Agricultural Project" mentioned in October 2016 can not be expected as of 2017. It has been announced that from 2018 there will be no farmers' support payments that do not use certified seeds. If we examine the year 2017 in general terms; we are the motherland of wheat, we continue to break the record in wheat import. We continue to pay over $ 1 billion in foreign currency. Unfortunately, we can not turn our empty agricultural land into agricultural production in 2017, which could have been achieved in the year that 'National Agriculture' was spoken. Due to the inadequacy of agriculture policies, the farmer gave up 29 million acres of bread in the last 15 years with the size of the face of Belgium. Turkey still leaves fallow land with a surface area Netherlands. In 2017, when the year of 'National Agriculture' was declared, customs were set to zero in legumes. We buy chickpeas from Canada, Argentina and Mexico, from Argentina and Canada, and dry beans from the United States. In 2017, the consumer's prices have risen, causing the producers to continue to be unable to save even the cost."
TO NOT SUPPORT FARMERS WITHOUT CERTIFICATION IS ENGROSSING
"The use of these seeds is a good way to increase both quality and yield," said Atalik, reminding that the certified seed is high quality seed that is free of disease, Even so far, it has been supported by farmers producing certified seeds, but it is a bit of a hassle that no agricultural support will be offered to farmers who do not use certified seeds since 2018. Because the production of all the seeds comes from the parent seeds. The best quality seeds of transnational corporations come from cross-breeding wild species in the wild. In nature we call local seeds, the farmers, the peasants in the villages in the corner on the waterfront in Turkey is doing the parenting remained in the hands of local seeds." he said.
"VEGETABLE SEEDS HAVE BEEN SOLD 12.76 BOTTLES, 105 DOLLARS 2 CENT'S RECEIVED"
Ahmet Atalik, herbal meaning of the agriculture sector in production in other areas of the country except by saying to ourselves that we almost enough vegetable seeds, "which provides 60 percent of Turkey Vegetable seeds qualification condition. We're still 40 percent open. Our production of vegetable seeds, which was 184 thousand tons in 2003, has increased to 900 thousand tons in 2015. It's a pretty good rise. Turkey has taken steps in the self-sufficiency beautiful babe but we sold out the seeds and foreign trade situation is quite interesting in terms of value in dollar value of the seed we received, especially from the outside. When we look at our vegetable seeds wholesale foreign trade, we sell a kilogram of vegetable seeds at how many dollars abroad, how many dollars we have bought, we sell for 12.76 dollars. We got $ 105 back from 2 cents. So we have paid 8 times more money between the sale of the same kilogram of vegetable seeds and our sales" he said.
WE PAY MORE IN VEGETABLES
Atalik, Turkey's very high that the money paid to the seed, "3 and a half times the tomato seeds, pumpkin seeds on the 8th floor, 19th floor, peppers, eggplant are paying more money up to 33 times. Turkey sells more seeds, but seed is less between the price received for example, we look at the price he sold a kilogram as we have seen in eggplant seeds are paying 33 times more money. Turkey, giving very clear in terms of monetary value in the seed trade. The difference is terribly affecting our budget. Although we could sell a little more, we could have earned from selling 19.1 million dollars in total of 12 months of 2017, paying 96.2 million dollars even though we did not get much less."