STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND REFORMS ON TURKISH AGRICULTURE

2003-2013

MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

1

STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND REFORMS ON TURKISH AGRICULTURE

2003-2013

REPUBLIC OF TURKEYMINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

April 2013

2 3

ldquoWe cannot move Turkey forward without developing the agriculture sectorrdquo

ldquoOur goal is to put mark on booming Turkey by thriving farming and to make further development for Turkey with its worldwide branded agricultural and food productsrdquo

Recep Tayyip ERDOĞANPrime Minister

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

4 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK 9

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR 13

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING 19

REFORMS ON AGRICULTURE 27

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS 35

CROP PRODUCTION 41

ANIMAL PRODUCTION 45

FOOD SAFETY 51

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH 57

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 65

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION 71

R amp D STUDIES 77

OTHER ACTIVITIES 85

6 7

TURKEYwith one arm reaching

out to Asia and the other to Europe Turkey is the

unique country that bridges two continents in the world

Our priorities are better reciprocal relationship and cooperation between the West and the East as well as improvement of the dialogue and alliance among civilizations

The Turkish experience proves that integration with the world is possible by harmonizing the existing values and traditions with the modern world

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

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Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

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REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

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15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

1

STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND REFORMS ON TURKISH AGRICULTURE

2003-2013

REPUBLIC OF TURKEYMINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

April 2013

2 3

ldquoWe cannot move Turkey forward without developing the agriculture sectorrdquo

ldquoOur goal is to put mark on booming Turkey by thriving farming and to make further development for Turkey with its worldwide branded agricultural and food productsrdquo

Recep Tayyip ERDOĞANPrime Minister

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

4 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK 9

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR 13

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING 19

REFORMS ON AGRICULTURE 27

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS 35

CROP PRODUCTION 41

ANIMAL PRODUCTION 45

FOOD SAFETY 51

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH 57

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 65

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION 71

R amp D STUDIES 77

OTHER ACTIVITIES 85

6 7

TURKEYwith one arm reaching

out to Asia and the other to Europe Turkey is the

unique country that bridges two continents in the world

Our priorities are better reciprocal relationship and cooperation between the West and the East as well as improvement of the dialogue and alliance among civilizations

The Turkish experience proves that integration with the world is possible by harmonizing the existing values and traditions with the modern world

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

2 3

ldquoWe cannot move Turkey forward without developing the agriculture sectorrdquo

ldquoOur goal is to put mark on booming Turkey by thriving farming and to make further development for Turkey with its worldwide branded agricultural and food productsrdquo

Recep Tayyip ERDOĞANPrime Minister

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

4 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK 9

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR 13

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING 19

REFORMS ON AGRICULTURE 27

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS 35

CROP PRODUCTION 41

ANIMAL PRODUCTION 45

FOOD SAFETY 51

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH 57

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 65

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION 71

R amp D STUDIES 77

OTHER ACTIVITIES 85

6 7

TURKEYwith one arm reaching

out to Asia and the other to Europe Turkey is the

unique country that bridges two continents in the world

Our priorities are better reciprocal relationship and cooperation between the West and the East as well as improvement of the dialogue and alliance among civilizations

The Turkish experience proves that integration with the world is possible by harmonizing the existing values and traditions with the modern world

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

4 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK 9

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR 13

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING 19

REFORMS ON AGRICULTURE 27

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS 35

CROP PRODUCTION 41

ANIMAL PRODUCTION 45

FOOD SAFETY 51

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH 57

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 65

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION 71

R amp D STUDIES 77

OTHER ACTIVITIES 85

6 7

TURKEYwith one arm reaching

out to Asia and the other to Europe Turkey is the

unique country that bridges two continents in the world

Our priorities are better reciprocal relationship and cooperation between the West and the East as well as improvement of the dialogue and alliance among civilizations

The Turkish experience proves that integration with the world is possible by harmonizing the existing values and traditions with the modern world

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

6 7

TURKEYwith one arm reaching

out to Asia and the other to Europe Turkey is the

unique country that bridges two continents in the world

Our priorities are better reciprocal relationship and cooperation between the West and the East as well as improvement of the dialogue and alliance among civilizations

The Turkish experience proves that integration with the world is possible by harmonizing the existing values and traditions with the modern world

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

8 9

THE MINISTRY OF FOODAGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

10 11

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK

ORGANISATION CHART

The former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was reorganised as the Ministry of Food

Agriculture and Livestock in 2011

The Ministry is mainly responsible for policy formulation monitoring and inspections of

implementations in respect of food agriculture and livestock

The main activities of the Ministry are

bull developmentofplantlivestockaquacultureandfisheryproduction

bull researchstudiesonthedevelopmentofagriculturesectoranddeterminationof

agricultural policies

bull foodsafetyandsecurity

bull ruraldevelopment

bull protectionoflandwaterresourcesandbiodiversity

bull strengtheningtheorganisationsandawarenessoffarmers

bull effectiveandefficientimplementationofagriculturalsupportprogrammes

bullGeneralDirectorateofFoodandControlbullGeneralDirectorateofPlantProductionbullGeneralDirectorateofLivestockbullGeneralDirectorateofAquacultureandFisheriesbullGeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalReformbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalResearchesandPoliciesbullGeneralDirectorateofEuropeanUnionAffairsandForeign RelationsbullGuidanceandInspectionsBoardbullStrategyDevelopmentBoardbullLegalConsultancyOfficebullGeneralDirectorateofPersonnelbullDepartmentofSupportServicesbullDepartmentofTrainingExtensionServicesandPublicationbullDepartmentofITbullDepartmentofPressandHumanRelationsbullInternalAudit

MAIN SERVICING DEPARTMENTS

MINISTER

Deputy Minister

Undersecretary

Deputy Undersecretaries

bull TurkishGrainBoardbull GeneralDirectorateofAgriculturalEnterprisesbull GeneralDirectorateofTeaEnterprisesbull MeetandFishInstitutionbull AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitution (IPARDAgency)bull DirectorateofAtaturkForestFarmbull TobaccoandAlcoholMarketRegulatory

RELATED AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

bull 81ProvincialDirectoratesandDistrictDirectoratesbull ResearchInstitutesbull AgriculturalProductionStationsbull FoodControlLaboratoriesbull DirectoratesofAgriculturalQuarantinebull DirectoratesofWarehouseandCustomsVeterinary

PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATION

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

12 13

BASIC INDICATORS OF THE TURKISH AGRICULTURE SECTOR

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

14 15

Basic Indicators2002 2012

Turkey Agriculture AgricultureShare () Turkey Agriculture Agriculture

Share ()

Population (Million) 693 237 342 756 172 227Employment(Million) 213 74 349 248 61 246GDP (Billion$) 2305 237 103 7863 625 79GDP per Capita($) 3492 1064 286 10504 3622 345Exports(Billion$) 360 40 112 1525 160 105Imports(Billion$) 515 39 77 2365 163 69

BASIC INDICATORS

Agricultural import amounts includes products such as woven fibers and their wastes raw rubber raw hides leather fur cork wood lumber paper pulp which are the raw materials in the industry Excluding these materials the imports of agricultural products amounted to 56 Billion Dollars in 2012 In this case Turkeyrsquos foreign trade of agricultural products had approximately 53 Billion Dollars surplus

TURKEYTotal Area 78 million haPopulation 756 million

Number of provinces 81Number of towns and submunicipalities 2951Number of villages 34334

Agricultural Land 238 million ha Pastures and meadows 146 million haForests 215 million ha

Number of agricultural holdings 3 million Average size per holding 6 ha

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

16 17

As Agriculture is improvingTurkey is developing

Turkish Agricultural Products have becomefavourable in World Tables

Year Agricultural GDP(Billion $)

Agricultural Growth ()

2002 237 882003 302 -20

2004 370 282005 450 722006 435 142007 495 -672008 564 432009 510 362010 617 24

2011 618 612012 625 35

TURKISH AGRICULTURE

SECTOR

has grown in 8 out of

last 9 years becoming the ldquobufferrdquo

and the ldquolocomotiverdquo sector of Turkish economy

bull Whilethe economic size of Turkish agriculture with respect to worldrsquos agricultural economy was 11th rank in 2002 it has risen to 7th rank in 2009 When compared with the European economy it has risen from fourth rank to the first rank Agriculture sector has been sustaining food requirements of 75 million Turkish citizens and 32 million tourists

bull WhilethecontributionofagriculturetoNationalincomewas237 Billion Dollar in 2002 it has reached to 625 billion dollars in 2012

bull ThecontributionofagriculturetoNationalIncomehasincreased26 fold between the years 2002 and 2012

bull Theexportofagriculturalproductshasincreasedfrom4Billiondollarsin2002to16 billion dollars in 2012bull In2012foreigntradeoffoodproductsresultedin46billiondollarsurplusbull Turkeyhasexported 1663 kind of agricultural products to 188 countries which accounts to totally 16 billion dollarsbull Turkeyhastakenplaceinthetopfivewith30 products in the world agricultural production and with 20 products in exports

Source TURKSTATSource TURKSTAT-Standard International Trade Class (SITC) Rev3

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

18 19

SWITCH FROM DAILY ACTIONS TO LONGTERM STRATEGIC PLANNING

In 2010 The Assocation of Policy Analyses and Strategic Researches on Education and Management selected the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock as ldquothe best Institution making Strategic Management and Implementation in Turkeyrdquo

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

20 21

PERIOD FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE Strategic Plan (2013-2017)

Agricultural Strategy Paper (2006-2010) and Agriculture Law

Agriculture has been handled as a strategic competitive and multidimensional economic sector rather than a social and livelihood sector

The Agriculture Strategy Paper (2006-2010)hassetthemainaimsofagricultureastoconstitute an agriculture sector sustainable highly competitive and organised by taking into account economic social environmental and international development dimensions within the principleoftheutilizationoftheresourceseffectivelyInthisframeworktheagriculturalsupportmeasures have been re-identified

The Agriculture Law was adopted in 2006 which determines and regulates the policies for agriculture and rural development in line with the development plans and strategies The Agriculture Law also defines the aims scope and subjects of the agricultural policies the instruments of agriculture and rural development support the financing and administrative structure and the legal and administrative arrangements for the main research and development programmes to be implemented in the agriculture sector

bull ThefirstStrategicPlanofMinistryhadbeendrawnupldquoAgriculturalProductionandSecurityofSupplyrdquoldquoFoodSafetyrdquoldquoPlantHealthandAnimalHealthrdquoldquoRuralDevelopmentrdquoandldquoInstitutionalCapacityrdquohavebeendeterminedasstrategicareasinthatStrategicPlan

bull Theplanwasrenewedin2012andthe2013-2017StrategicPlanoftheMinistryofFoodAgriculture and Livestock was setup

bull 5 strategic areas have been determined within the scope of the Plan

AgriculturalproductionandSecurityofSupply FoodSafety provide high quality supply of food and feed PlantHealthAnimalHealthandWelfare AgriculturalInfrastructureansRuralDevelopment Institutionalcapacity

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

22 23

Performance Programmes Performance Programmes for 2010 2011 and 2012 have been prepared which identify the activities andthebudgettoreachthemediumandlongtermobjectivesandtargetssetintheStrategicPlan

Agricultural Vision 2008-2012 bull 5year-ActionPlanandAgriculturalVisionfor2008-2012havebeenpreparedincooperation with the representatives of public and private sector trade associations producer organizations universities and non-governmental organizations

bull AgriculturalVision2008-2012isformedasaresultofanalysiscarriedoutonmorethan50000 peoplecomposedoffarmersandsectoremployeesin81provinces545districts3649villages

bull Theprinciplesofagriculturalpolicyareidentifiedasgoodmanagementtransparency sustainability consistencycoherence and predictability

bull InthescopeofTheAgriculturalActionPlanthepreferential183titlewasallocatedbyyearsand the precautional activities for each year were determined

bull ThePeriodof2002-2007isidentifiedastheperiodforldquoUrgentMeasuresandChangesin Agriculturerdquoandtheperiodof2008-2012astheperiodforldquoSectoralGrowthandSustainableDevelopmentrdquo

Strategy and Action Plan toCombat with Drought

Sectoral Cooperation Meetings

bull Significantstudiesandimplementationofextensivemeasureshavebeeninitiatedto combat with drought which is one of the most important risk areas in agriculture Legislative infrastructure has been strengthenedbull ldquoStrategyandActionPlantoCombatwithDroughtrdquohavebeenpreparedbull CrisisCentersforDroughtattheprovinciallevelhavebeenestablishedProvincialDrought Action Plans have been prepared bull MonitoringEarlyWarningandPredictionCommitteeRiskAssesmentCommitteeand AgriculturalDroughtManagementCoordinationBoardhavebeenestablishedbull Thestudiesfordevelopmentandextensionofvarietiesresistantfordroughthavebeen accelerated bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowasfoundedwithinBahriDağdaşInternational AgriculturalResearchInstitute

bull SectoralCooperationMeetingshavebeenorganisedwithatotal500participantsfrom16 subsectorsincludingproducerssuppliersindustrialistsandNGOsinordertodeterminethe problems and solutions of subsectors with a participatory approachbull TheprimaryproblemshavebeendeterminedofthesectorandActionPlanshavebeen elaborated on the basis of subsectorsbull WiththesectoralmeetingsontheProvincialbasestheagriculturalpotentialofourProvinces has been revealed The Projects which will develop the agricultural sector determined and The Action plan about implementation prepared

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

24 25

Agricultural Vision for the year 2023 ThemaintargetofAgriculturalVisionweredeterminedasTurkeyontheroadto2023beingacountry whichbull providesitspopulationwithsufficientbestqualityandsafefoodbull developsitsnetexporterpositioninagriculturalproductsbull increasesitscompetitionpowerbull isaleaderinthefieldofagriculturebothinitsownregionandintheworld

The main indicators of Turkish Agriculture to 2023 have been identified as

bull AgriculturalGDPreachingto 150 Billion Dollarsbull Agriculturalexportsover 40 Billion Dollarsbull Beingin the first 5 countries in the world in termsofagriculturalGDP

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

26 27

REFORMS ON AGRICULTUREldquoNow we have a young and dynamic population exceeding 75 million We believe that as the world changes the climate changes the agriculture sector should adapt itself to these changes We have changed our view to agriculturerdquo

Mehmet Mehdi EKERMinister of Food Agriculture and Livestock

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

28 29

15 laws related to Agriculture

15 basic lawsleadingupStructuralChangeandTransformationperiodinagriculturehave been adopted bull LawonAgriculturebull LawonOrganicFarmingbull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionsbull LawonProtectionofPlantBreederrsquosRightsforNewPlantVarietiesbull LawonAgriculturalInsurancesbull LawonSoilProtectionandLandUsebull LawonSeedlingbull LawonEstablishmentofAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupportInstitutionbull LawonEndingGuarantyarisenfromCollectiveVillageLoanGroupLoanssuppliedbyZiraatBankandAgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull LawonApprovalofFAOCentralAsiaSub-regionOfficeAgreementbetweenUnitedNations(UN)FoodandAgricultureOrganization(FAO)andRepublicofTurkeybull LawonBiosecuritybull LawonVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedbull LawonRestructuringofAgriculturalCreditswithproblemsandsuppliedbyZiraatBankand AgriculturalCreditCooperativesbull DecreeLawConcerningtheOrganizationandDutiesoftheMinistryofFoodAgricultureand LivestockNo639(OJdated08062011No27958)bull LawonEXPO2016Antalya

Preventation of Fragmentation forAgricultural Lands

bull Legalarrangementsarecarriedoutinordertopreventthefragmentationofagriculturallands

bull Withinthisscope ldquoIndivisible Parcel Sizerdquo wasdeterminedItwashinderedthefragmentation of special product lands and marginal agricultural lands to less than 2 hectare cultivated agricultural lands to less than 05 hectare and the greenhouse agricultural lands to less than 03 hectareThesaleofagriculturalparcelsharesofwhichsizeisunderIndivisibleParcelSizewas obstructedbull Forthesolutionofthemostimportantproblemfragmentationofagriculturallandsthedraftbill of inheritance law has been prepared

Land consolidation studies bullThelandconsolidationstudieshavegainedimportanceagainsttheproblemofsmallscale agricultural holdings which is the leading problem within the structural problems in the agricultural sector in Turkey bull While450thousandhectarelandintotalwasconsolidatedinTurkeybetween1961and2002in 41 years 3 million hectares land was consolidated between 2003 and 2012 in 10 years

bullTheprojectstoperformonemillionhectareslandconsolidationeachyearhavebeenplanned

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

30 31

Interest Free Financing in Agriculture

The agricultural credit interest rates which were 59 in 2002 became interest free for irrigation and livestock activities and decrased to 75 in other agricultural activities

With the decrease in interest rates the use of agricultural credits has substantially increased

bull While529MillionTLcreditwasusedbyfarmersin2002 bull 221 million TL credit was used by farmers in 2012

Agriculturalcreditperiodswereextendedfrom18monthsto24monthsforoperatingcreditsandfrom5yearsto7yearsforinvestmentcreditsCreditrateofreturnhasrisento98

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

32 33

Introducing the ldquoFirstsrdquo into Turkish AgricultureFirst time in Agriculture sectorbull Thefruitgrowingbasinsweredetermined productmapswereprepared(2012)bull ThefirstldquoLocalYoghurtStarterrdquoofTurkey was developed and began to production (2012)bull Turkey took over the EXPO flag for EXPO- 2016 Antalya (2011)bull AgriculturalandRuralDevelopment SupportInstitution(IPARDAgency)has beenaccreditedbyEUandtheConferralof ManagementDecisionhasbeentakenfrom EU(2011)bull ldquoAgriculturalMuseumrdquowasopened(2011)bull ldquo3thlargestPlantGeneBankoftheWorldrdquo wasopened(2010)bull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquowas putintoservice(2010)bull ldquoAnimalBiotechnologyCenterrdquowasfounded (2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalDroughtTestCenterrdquowas established(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalBasinsModelrdquowaselaborated (2010)

bull ldquoNational Botanic Gardenrdquo was built (2010)bull ldquoVeterinaryBorderControlPointsrdquowere opened(2010)bull AgricultureWeb-TVstartedtobroadcasting (2010)bull Thefarmerssubjectedtofreezedisaster weresupported(2010)bull ldquoAgriculturalHoldingRegistrationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2010)bull ThraceRegionhasbeenidentifiedfreeof Foot-and-MouthDiseaseandthesituation hasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealth OrganisationandEuropeanUnion(2010)bull ThenegotiationswiththeEuropeanUnion wereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafety VeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo(2010)bull ldquoALO174FOODCALLCENTRErdquowasformed (2009)bull Nationalmilkregistrationsystemandbreeder sheep goat registration system were established(2009)bull Themandatoryuseofprescriptionsforsale ofpesticideswasinitiated(2009)bull Productcommitteeswereestablished(2009)

bull Usage of ldquoCertified Agricultural Consultancy Servicerdquo was supported (2009)bull Good Agricultural Practices were supported (2009)bull LicensedWarehouseApplicationswere started (2009)bull ldquoTheFarmAccountancyDataNetwork Systemrdquo was established (2008) bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquowas founded (2007)bull TheldquoIndivisibleParcelSizerdquoofagricultural lands was determined in order to enable an effective land consolidation (2007)bull ldquoAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentSupport Institution(IPARDAgency)rdquowasestablished (2007) bull ldquoDealershipExaminationSystemrdquowas implemented for plant protection products (2007)bull 50Grantandinterestfree5yearndashterm loan applications were started for pressure irrigation system investments (2006-2007)bull LawonAgriulturewasadopted(2006)bull SupportedAgriculturalInsurance

implementations were initiated (2006)bull Aerialsprayingwasendedforsunnpest transitiontonormalsprayingwasrealized completely and biologic combating was started for sunn pest (2006) bull Accreditedveterinaryserviceswerestarted (2006)bull SupportProgrammewasstartedforthe Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (2006) bull RampDsupportwasprovidedforprivate sectoruniversityandnongovernmental organizations(2006)bull 50Grantsupportwasinitiatedforrural developmentinvestments(2005)bull Geneticresourcesofdomesticanimalswere takenunderprotection(2005)bull ldquoOrganicAgricultureInformationSystemrdquo wasfounded(2005)bull Vaccinationsupportwasgiven(2005)bull ThePCT(PrivateConsumptionTax)freefuel was given to fishing vessels (2004)bull Interestfreeloanswereprovidedfor agricultural development cooperatives (2003)

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

34 35

AGRICULTURAL SUPPORTS

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

36 37

Reforming Agricultural Subsidies Agricultural supports have been re-organised on the basis of quality safety productivity and rural development 52 new support items have been initiated

bull Whilethetotalagriculturalsupportpaymentswere1868billionTLin2002itreachedto71billion TL in 2011 and to 76 billion TL in 2012

bull Theagriculturalsupportpaymentswereraisednearlyfour times compared to the payments in 2002

bull Totallyover506 Billion TL support payments were paid to farmers in 2003-2012 period

Agricultural Basin Model bull Theagriculturalbasinmodelhasbeenformedinordertoplanandincreaseproductionwhile protecting natural resources and implement an efficient and rational agricultural support policy based on agricultural basins

bull Withinthisscopetotally30agriculturalbasinshavebeenidentifiedthroughevaluationof approximately528milliondatabasedonclimatesoiltopographylandclassesandlandusage types

bull Foreachbasinthestrategicspecificsupplydeficitandcompetitiveproductshavebeenselected The maps have been drawn according to agricultural basins

bull TheagricultureinventoryhasbeenelaboratedbasedontheAgriculturalBasins

bull Theproductstobesupportedhavebeenidentifiedbydeterminingtheregionswherethe productsthataremostefficientlyproducedusingAgriculturalBasinsdata

bull Moreoverinordertoplanandleadthefruitproductionandincreasetheexportationthesuitable basins have been determined for the fruit species and the product maps have been prepared

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

38 39

Incentives for livestock breedingbull Newlivestocksupportschemeswereintroducedbull Thefarmersdealingwithorganiclivestockbreedinghavesupportedbypayments50higher than before bull Thecalvesbornfromthehybridsofmeatraceshavebeensupportedbull Thecalvesbornthroughartificialinseminationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupport scheme bull Thecreditsupportmechanismforthebeekeepershaving50hivesorplanningtopossessmore than 50 hives was introduced in 2010

Supports for Certified Seed and Seedling

Supports for Organic Farming

Farm Advisory Services

bull Theschemeforsupportingfarmersusingcertifiedseedandseedlingwasstartedin2005bull Useofcertifiedseedincreasedfrom150thousandtonsto550thousandtonsbetweenthe years 2002 and 2011bull Thecertifiedseedproducedbyprivatesectorwasincludedinthescopeofagricultural supportsystemin2008

bull Organicfarmingwasincludedinthescopeofsupportprogrammein2005

bull Farmersagriculturalholdingsusingadvisoryconsultancyservicehavebeensupported since 2009

The Period for Agricultural Insurancebull Implementationsofagriculturalinsurancewerestartedin2006toredressgrievanceofproducers affected from natural disastersbull Forthefirsttimefloodandinundationwereincludedinthescopeofagriculturalinsurancein 2010

bull Thescopeofagriculturalinsurancewasextendedin2011Thefloweringperiodoffruitsgrown inopenarea(23ofpolicyvaluewasmetbythegovernment)cattlefatteningandmilkingcows were included in the scope of agricultural insurance scheme

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

40 41

CROP PRODUCTION

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

42 43

Paddy Production bull Whileitwas360thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto880thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen145

Corn Productionbull Whileitwas21milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto46milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Sun Flower Productionbull Whileitwas850thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1millionand370thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen612

Cherry Productionbull Whileitwas210thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto471thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen124

Banana Productionbull Whileitwas95thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto208thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen119

Apricot Productionbull Whileitwas315thousandtonsin2002bullItwasreachedto760thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen1413

Apple Productionbull While22milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto29milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen313

Citrus Fruits Productionbull While24milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto35milliontonsin2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen40

Significant Increases in Crop Production

Encouragement of Organic Farming

Supports for Soil Analysis

bull Thereexists1millionhectareoflandwhereorganicfarmingcanpotentiallybeperformedin Turkey Organic farming was included in the scope of support programme in 2005 bull ldquoOrganicFarmingStrategicPlanofTurkeyrdquoandldquoActionPlantoimproveandwidespreadof OrganicFarmingrdquohavebeenpreparedbull Organic Farming Information System (OTBİS) has been established in order to provide a complete information exchange with competent organizations and provide a basis for the subsidies bull AccordingtostudiesperformedinTurkey bullWhile310thousandtonsof150kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin90 thousand ha area in 2002 bull16milliontonsof225kindsoforganicproductshavebeencultivatedwithin615thousand ha area in 2011 bullIntheperiodof2002-2011theincreaseinthenumberofproductsis50andin productionareais583andintheamountoforganicproductionis416bull TheshareoftheorganicfarmingareawithinthetotalagriculturalareainTurkeyhasreached to 13

Inordertopreventthenegativeeffectsoftheexcessiveandunconsciousmanureusagesoilanalysishave been made obligatory for the farmers having an agricultural land more than 5 hectares in order to benefit from manure support schemes

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

44 45

ANIMAL PRODUCTION

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

46 47

Significant Increases in Animal Production Reclamation of the Animal Race

Milk Productionbull Whileitwas84milliontonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto15milliontonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen791

Red Meat Productionbull Whileitwas421thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto916thousandtonsin2012bull Theincreaseinthelast10yearshasbeen118

Poultry Meat Productionbull Whileitwas726thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto1million724thousand tons in 2012bull Theincreaseinlast10yearshasbeen148

Aquaculture Productionbull Whileitwas61thousandtonsin2002bull Itwasreachedto189thousandtonsin2011bull Theincreaseinlast9yearshasbeen209

Artificial insemination studies implemented in line with the Animal husbandry improvement studies havebeenacceleratedandduringthelast8yearsasuccessstorythatcanbeanexampleintheworldhas been achieved bull Whilethenumberofartificialinseminationin2002was624thousanditwasreachedto36millionin 2012 bull Intherecent6yearsapproximatelyover25millionofartificialinseminationshavebeenachieved annuallybull Thenumberofartificialinseminationinrecent10yearshasbeenincreased5times

The studies concerning the pasture improvement has been given a great importancebull Whiletheareaofpastureimprovementstudyin2002was83thousandhectareitwasreachedto 446 thousand hectare at the end of 2012 bull Withthesubsidiesprovidedandreclamationstudiesperformedtheareaforfoddercrop production in Turkey was reached to 22 Million ha in 2011 while it was 12 Million ha in 2002bull 75ofTurkeyrsquosdemandofqualifiedfoddercropwhichis50Milliontonshasbeenprovidedbull Forthefirsttimetheopportunityoflandleasingforlongperiodshasbeenprovidedtotheprivate sector with the condition of pasture improvement

Pasture Improvement and Production of Fodder Crops

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

48 49

Aquaculture Production bull Aquaculturewasincludedinthescopeofagriculturalsupportschemesin2003bull Aquacultureproductionwhileitwas61thousandtonsin2002itroseto189thousandtonsin 2011 with an increase approximately 209 bull Turkeyhasbecomethe3rddevelopingcountryintheWorldintermsofaquacultureproductionbull Theexportsofaquacultureproductshaverisento412MillionDollarswhile80ofourexportsare withtheEUCountriesbull ldquoThe Artificial Reef Master Projectrdquo has been implemented in order to increase the biological diversityandproductioninourcoastsTurkeyhasrisentothefirstrankamongtheEUCountriesin the production of troutbull ldquoSUBİS- Aquaculture Information Systemrdquo has been established in order to adapt the statistics on the fisheries to the international standards This system has provided the control of process of aquaculture products starting from capturing to marketingbull ThecaptureshasbeentakenundercontrolwithldquoVesselMonitoringSystemrdquo -Satelitebased ldquoVessel Monitoring Systemrdquo has been established in order to determine and prevent unlegal capturing activities - 134 fishing vessels in 2009 61 fishing vessels in 2010 engaged in fishing and transportation oftunafishweremonitoredwithSateliteBasedVesselMonitoringSystem - ldquoHeavy Metal Monitoring Programme for the Capture Fisheriesrdquo has been initiated This programme aims the production of safe products protection of the consumersrsquo health and improvement of the exports of the fishery products

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

50 51

FOOD SAFETY

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

52 53

ALO 174 - Food Call Center

bull Theobligationstoapplyplantprotectionproductsbycompetentpeopleinthevegetable productionareashavebeenimposedApplicationCertificatehavebeengivento192000producersbull Thechemicalsusedinproductionofallfreshfruitsandvegetableshavebeenregisteredbull Traceabilityofchemicalsusedinagriculturehasbeenenabledbull Aerialdisinfection(exceptforoil)hasbeenprohibitedbull Awarenessofthefarmershasbeenraisedonmethodsusedtocombatwithdiseasesandpestsand the kinds of pesticides to be used for vegetable productionbull Introductoryhandbooksmorethan1millionabout27separatesubjectshavebeendistributedto farmers

bull Inordertoraisetheawarenessoftheimportanceofthesafefood2009wasannouncedasthe ldquoYearofFoodrdquointhescopeofldquoSafe Food- Healthy Life Campaignrdquo which has been the most comprehensive social responsibility project in recent years bull TheCampaignhasbeeninitiatedbasedontheapproachldquotoconsumesafeandhealthyfoodrdquo The corresponding Ministries non governmental organizations private sector representatives and universitiesparticipatedtheCampaignbull A Food Call Center-ALO 174 that consumers can convey all their complaints opinions and recommendations about food and food products has been established The complaints andrequeststakenfromtheCallCenterhavebeenevaluatedbytheProvincialDirectoratesofthe Ministry and the corresponding person has been informed in 15 days regarding the necessary action that has been taken into account by the Ministry

Safety Food - Healthy Life FoodsafetyhasbecomeoneofthetargetareasofagriculturalpolicyImportantstudieshavebeencarried out and legal arrangements have been made regarding food safety The negotiations with theEuropeanUnionwereopenedin12thChapterldquoFoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthrdquo

Food Inspections were increased

bull Riskyregionsandproductsintermsoffoodsafetyhavebeendeterminedbull Inspectionsandcontrolshavebeenincreased bullWhilethenumberofinspectorswas1500in2002itincreasedto4732in2012 bullWhilethenumberofinspectionswas39000in2002itincreasedto412000in2012bull ThestaffresponsibleforinspectionsinMunicipalitiesandProvincialSpecialAdministrations wastrainedthroughthebytheFoodInspectorCoursesbull PursuanttoMontrealprotocolmethylebromideapplicationwasabolishedin2007bull Theproductionandimportofactivesubstanceof181plantprotectionproductshavebeen prohibitedwiththeaimofharmonizationtoEUbull ldquoNationalFoodReferenceLaboratoryrdquoatinternationallevelwasputintoservicein2010bull ThenumberofprivateFoodControlLaboratorywasincreasedto79bull ldquoFoodSafetyInformationSystemrdquo(GGBS)hasbeenestablishedbull GuidebooksonGoodHygieneapplicationshavebeenpublishedbull BiosecurityLawwaspublishedin2010

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

54 55

Farm Advisory Systembull TheprivateadvisoryservicesareprovidedforproducerstoperformldquoFoodSafetyfromFieldto Tablerdquoandtomeettheneedsofproducersonknowledgetechniqueandmethods

bull Theadvisorshavingcontractwiththerelatedfarmersworkcloselyonmanysubjectsfrom production to harvesting and marketing

bull Theimplementationofprivateadvisoryservicesprovidesalsojobopportunitiesforthelabour potential

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

56 57

PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH Our vision is HEALTHY AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALHEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTSHEALTHY GENERATIONS

The production of healthy food from unhealthy plant and animal products is not possibleIn line with this our basic strategy is to pay the particular attention to plant and animal health and production of healthy and safety food

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

58 59

Plant Passport System

Prohibition of Aerial Spraying

Moreover

bull ThestudiesconcerningldquoPlant Passport System and Operator Registeringrdquo have been initiated bull ArrangingaPlantPassporthasbecomecompulsorybeforethetransportationofplantsplant products and other materials bull Registrationandmonitoringofthechemicalsusedintheproductionoffreshfruitandvegetables have become compulsory since February 2009 bull Theregistrationofchemicalsusedinplantproductionhasbecomecompulsorysince2010

bullAerialsprayingwhichhasnegativeeffectsonhumanhealthandenvironmenthasbeen prohibited except for the combat with olive fruit fly

bull AccordingtotheMontrealProtocolinwhichTurkeyisapartyMethylBromideApplicationwhich has been obliged to be repealed in 2015 has been terminated in 2007 earlier than required

bull 600thousandintroductoryhandbooksin27differentsubjectsaboutplantproductionhavebeen distributed to the farmers

bull TheuseofplantprotectionproductshasbeenauthorisedonlytothepersonsowingldquoCertificate forPlantProtectionProductsrdquo

Significant Studies on Plant HealthThe attempts giving priority to human health and environment protection were intensified Struggles with sunn pests improvement of the quality of wheat and the protection of environment

ldquoDistributorship Systemrdquo for Plant Protection Products

bull Theimplementationsoftheagriculturalaerialsprayingagainstwheatpestshavebeenceasedbull Theannualuseofpesticideshasbeendecreasedby80bull Theuseofpesticideshasfallenfrom901tonnesto104tonnesin2011bull Inordertoenablebiologicalcombat563millionusefulinsecticideshavebeenreleasedto nature for the first time bull Thebiologicalcombatagainstsunnpestshasbeenprovidedin400thousandhectarearea without using any pesticides Moreover patriges have been released to the nature for this purpose bull Afforestationhasbeencarriedoutinordertoprovidesheltersandfeedingopportunitiesfor useful insectsbull Theabsorbtionrateofsunnpestshasbeendecreasedto73perthousandfrom38percent

bull Theusesofplantprotectionproductsinlinewithprescribedandconvenientuseandmonitoring of the plant protection products have been provided

bull In2002theuseofagriculturaldisinfectantdecreasedto40thousandtonnesfrom54thousand tonnes

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

60 61

Successful Vaccination Campaigns

Veterinary Border Inspection Posts

Measures Against The Bird Flu (Avian Influenza)

bull WiththesuccessfulvaccinationcampaigncattleplaguediseasehasbeensweptawayItis announced officially that Turkey is being free of Cattle PlagueIn201020millionofthe ovineanimalswerevaccinatedagainstsheep-goatplagueatnochargeIthasbeenaimedthe eradication of the disease-initially in Thrace Region bull Struggleagainsthydrophobiaatnation-widehasbeencarriedonTheprevelanceofthedisease has been decreased by vaccinating the cats and dogs at no charge bull Vaccinationsubsidyhasbeencarriedoutinordertoincreasetheparticipationoffarmersin struggling against animal diseases

bull Veterinary Border Inspection Posts have been established for control purposes at borders in 8 provinces-İstanbulİzmirMersinHatayArtvinŞırnakEdirneandAğrıinordertoperform thecontrolservicesinlinewiththeEUrules

bull Thestudiesconcerningtheestablishmentofthe ldquo7 new Veterinary Border Inspection Post Directoratesrdquo have been initiated

bull EarlywarningrapiddiagnosisandquickinterventionmechanismshavebeenestablishedforBird Flu diseasebull FordiagnosisoftheBirdFlu3laboratoriesatthecategoryofbiosafetylevel-IIIand4laboratories atthecategoryofbiosafetylevel(L2)ndashIIhavebeenestablished

bull TheinfrastructureofthelegislationofanimalwelfarecomplywiththeEUhasbeenestablished

More Effective Fight against Animal Diseases

A Successful Struggle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The Implementation of International Standarts on Animal Welfare

Bovine and Ovine Registry Systems

bull Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Emergency Action Plan has been evaluated in order to improve the effectiveness of the fight against foot-and-mouth- disease bull ForthefirsttimearegioninTurkey-Thrace Region has been identified free of Foot-and- Mouth DiseaseandthesituationhasbeenapprovedbyWorldAnimalHealthOrganisationand EuropeanUnionbull 90 of existing animals have been vaccinated two times a year against foot-and-mouth disease

bull MovementsoftheanimalshavebeenbroughtundercontrolwithldquoTURKVET - Veterinary Information Registry Systemrdquo bull Immediateaccesstolotsofdatahasbeenperformedincludingthenumberofanimalsand outbreak of the disease bull AllthebovineandovineanimalsinTurkeyhavebeentaggedandregisteredbull Anewdatabasewasestablishedforthepurposeofregisteringovineanimalsin2010 TaggingregisteringandvaccinationstudiesoftheovineanimalsandSheep-GoatPlague(PPR) were brought under control

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

62 63

ldquoVeterinary Information Systemrdquo

ldquo Microchip identification of equine animals ldquo

ldquoAuthorised Veterinariansrdquo

bull Webbasedregistrationofthediseaseswhichareseencountry-widehasbeeninitiated

bull Anationalprojecthasbeencarriedoutforstrugglingagainsttheinfectiousanemiaofthe horses in which all the equine animals have been scanned in 25 provinces and have been marked with microchips The disease has been brought under control by paying compensation for sick animals

bull Theveterinarianshavebeenaccreditedandauthorisedtoworkinslaughterhouseshousesfor the purpose of providing food safety bull LegalbasisfortheldquoAuthorisedVeterinariansrdquoapplicationhasbeenformedwiththeLawNo5996 onVeterinaryServicesPlantHealthFoodandFeedissuedin13062010

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

64 65

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

66 67

Rural Development Support Programme bull ldquoRural Development Support Programmerdquo aiming the integration of agriculture and industry

providing the producers with 50 supported grants was initiated in 2006 bull Economical investments such as processing packaging wrapping storing of the agricultural

products and purchase of machinery-equipment have been supported under the programmebull Within the scope of Rural Development Supports 3965 new processing facilities have been

constructed between 2006-2012 Totally 772 million TL grant support has been provided for the progressing facilities

bull Approximately 42 thousand persons have been employed in the established facilities bull Approximately 718 million TL grant support was provided for 182000 machineries and

equipments within the scope of purchasing machinery-equipment between 2007-2011bull In total 15 billion TL were paid for the beneficiaries under the Rural Development Support

Programme for new facilities and machinery and equipment purchased by the farmers

Pressurised Irrigation Investments

Rural Development Plan (2010-2013)RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010-2013)hasbeenpreparedinordertodeveloptheworkingandlivingconditions of rural population and to enable sustainable development The measures and the activities needed to be implemented in rural areas and the resources required were determined in coordination with 24 related institutions and organizations

RuralDevelopmentPlan(2010ndash2013)hasbeenenteredintoforcebyHighPlanningCouncildecisiondated 05 August 2010 The budget of the Plan has been identified as 27 Billion TL for which the areas of interventions and the responsible Ministries have been determined The Ministry of Food Agriculture andLivestockhasbeenappointedastheCoordinatorMinistryresponsibleformonitoringandevaluationof the Plan

bull Forthefarmers investingonpressurisedirrigationsystemsZiraatBankprovided5 years termed and interest free loans

bull WithinthescopeofldquoRuralDevelopmentSupportProgrammerdquothepressurisedirrigationinvestments have been supported by 50 The pressurised irrigation investments made collectively have been supported by 75

bull As a result of these two supports totally 400 thousand hectare area has been opened to irrigation with pressurised irrigation systems

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

68 69

development activitiesrdquo in which on-farm activities (bee-keeping pharmacological-aromatic plantsandornamentalplants)ruraltourismlocalproductsandmicroenterprisesandaquacultureproductionhave been supported The Programme has been designed for implementation totally in 42 provinces outof81provincesofTurkey(20provincesinthefirstphaseandadditional22provincesinthesecondphaseoftheProgramme)Withthestartofsecondphasetheprogrammeisbeingimplementedin42provinces currently

In this context bull ldquoRural development Programme (IPARD Programme)rdquo hasbeenpreparedandapprovedbyEU

inFebruary2008bull ldquoLaw on Establishment of Agricultural and Rural development Support Institution (IPARD

Agency)rdquohasbeenenactedandConferralofManagementDecisionofEUhasbeen taken inAugust 2011

bull FirstcallforapplicationsfortheprojectswaslaunchedinJuly2011bull UptoMarch2013nine call for applications for the projects have been launched

Agricultural Development Cooperatives

bull Credit support is provided to agricultural cooperatives for 37 types of projects including milk production meat production beekeeping greenhousing and mushroom producing

bull Intheperiodof2003ndash2012totally21 billion TL credit has been allocated for 1872 cooperative projectsundertheProjectnamedasldquoSocialSupportinRuralAreasrdquo

bull These projects supported totally 178 thousand families which have been also employed Members of these cooperatives have been totally receivednearly248000breedingheifersandnearly 390000 breeding sheeps under the support programme

Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (IPARD Agency)

bull Underthepre-accessionsupportofEuropeanUnionintheperiodof2007-2016totally868 million euros has been allocated to Turkey to support rural development

bull Bysummingupthenationalcontributionwhichhasbeen215 million euros totally 11 billion euros of public contribution has been allocated to support the development of rulal areas

bull The rural development funds have been used in line with the Rural Development Programme (IPARD Programme) in which the sectors and measures to be supported have been identified The sectors targeted by the Programme are milk meat fruit and vegetables and fishery sectors underthemeasuresldquoinvestmentsinagriculturalholdingsrdquoandldquoprocessingandmarketing of agricultural productsrdquo The programme also includes themeasure ldquoDiversification of rural

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

70 71

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN UNION

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

72 73

FAOrsquos success storiesbull The report ldquoPathways to Success- Success

Stories in Agricultural Production and Food Securityrdquo that includes the success stories ofdifferent Countries in the field of agricultureand food was published in 2009 by Food and AgricultureOrganisationoftheUnitedNations

bull Turkey has taken its place as one of the success stories under the part of the report named ldquoTransformation in Agriculture to meet GlobalDemandsrdquo

FAO Central Asia Sub Regional Officebull Central Asia Sub Regional Office of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of

UnitedNationsisopenedinAnkara bull More effective projects have been initiated with Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

TajikistanUzbekistaninthefieldofagriculturebull Turkey has gained a significant place even providing 10 Million Dollars fund for the

projectsinCentralAsiaviaFAOCentralAsiaSubRegionalOffice

Opening of Negotiations for Chapter 12 ldquoFood Safety Veterinary and Plant Healthrdquo

bull TheNegotiationswithEUstartedin2005havebeencarriedoutin35ChaptersThreechaptersare directly related to agriculture and under the responsibility of Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestockbull Chapter11AgricultureandRuralDevelopmentbull Chapter12FoodSafetyVeterinaryandPlantHealthbull Chapter13Fisheries

bull The benchmarks concerning Food Safety Veterinary and Plant Health (Chapter 12) have beenfulfilledandthenegotiationsforthisChapterwereopenedon30June2010

bull The procedures for approval registration and control of all food production and selling places have been alignedtoEUStandards

bull WithinthescopeofTurkey-EUFinancialCooperationo 22 projects with 147 Million Euro budget have

been completed o 8 projects with 134 million Euro are still

proceeding

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

74 75

bull OneofthemostimportanteconomicalorganisationsoftheworldndashOrganisationforEconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD)published a report ldquoEvaluationofAgricultural PolicyReformsinTurkeyrdquoin2011alongtimeafter1994whentheformerreportwaspublished

bull Withinthestudywhichiscomposedof6partsGeneralinformationregardingtheagriculturalsectorandmacroeconomicimprovementsinTurkeyChanges in agricultural policy from mid-80rsquosuptodateRuralDevelopmentProgrammesManagement

bull ofAgriculturalandNaturalResourcesAgricultural supportsand Recommendations on Agricultural Policy Reforms have been included

bull The report underlined Turkeyrsquos agriculture as Worldrsquos 7th biggest agricultural power It is stated that therecent reforms have been effected the sector positivelyby underlining the significant place of Turkey in terms of agricultural export values

bull It is stated in the ldquoThe Observation and Evaluation ofAgriculturalPoliticsReportrdquoofOECD2012 in2011whenthe ratio of the total amount of agricultural support to the incomeper capita average is 1 inOECD countries it is22 in Turkey and Turkey has one of the highest ratio of totalsupporttotheincomepercapitainOECDcountries

ItisstatedintheldquoGlobalHungerIndexReport2012rdquoofInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI)bullInthe1990-2012periodTurkeywasthemostsuccsessfulcountryamong15countrieswhich reducestheirGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)morethan50gettingaheadofthecountrieswhich hasgreatagriculturalpotentialsuchasChinaBrazilIndonesiaMexicobullIntheReportGlobalHungerIndexinTurkeywas57in1990andwhenitwas31in2001decreasedto15in2012

OECD Report ldquoEvaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkeyrdquo

Turkey The Most Successful Country In The World In Supplying Food To Its Citizenshellip

Countries 1990 2001 2012

Turkey 57 31 15

Argentina 24 18 19

Mexico 79 43 33

Brazil 74 54 34Iran 88 57 35

Malaysia 89 66 52

China 118 67 57

Indonesia 185 142 121

Global Hunger Indexes

Source International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Report

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

76 77

R amp D STUDIES

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

78 79

Researches on Livestock Within this scope

bull ProjectonTerritorialOvineAnimalImprovementbythePublic(with75thousandsheepandgoatsin13provinces)hasbeeninitiated

bull ProjectforIncreasingtheMilkProductivityofAwassiSheephasbeenimplementedbull AnimalRaceRegistrationStudieshavebeencarriedoutTotally20genotypeshavebeenregistered

of which 13 races 4 types and 3 hybrid belonging to the sheep goat chicken cat dog and pigeon species

bull AnatolianBuffaloImprovementStudieshavebeenperformedbull AnatolianMottledCowDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull TerritorialMerinoSheepDevelopmentProjecthasbeenimplementedbull Aquaculture researches have been improvedbull Researches on Poultry and Pets have been improved with the new hatchery activated in 2010

inthepremisesofPoultryResearchInstitute

Minimum Tillage Farming Techniquebull Minimum tillage farming increases the yield of wheat at the rate of 5 and the yield of vetch lentil

and chichpea at the rate of 15 bull InlinewiththeresultsofRampDstudieslesstillagefarminghasbeensupportedbull Moreover more than 50 of the cost of tillaging has been saved up

Exports of Vegetable Seeds bull TheRampDstudiesfordevelopingF1hybridvegetabletypeswerecarriedoutincooperationwith

ResearchInstitutesPrivateSectorandUniversities

bull The production of native hybrid vegetable seed has reached toto 45 while it was less than 10 in 2004

bull In2012seedexportshavebeenrisentonearly121milliondollar

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

80 81

Establishment of National Botanic Garden The establishment studies of Turkeyrsquos first National Botanic Garden which covers approximately 200 hectare areawerestartedin2010TheNationalBotanicGardenhasbeenestablishedforthepurposesof o Preserving and encouraging the plant diversity by forming good documented collections and

handing them for the next generations o Establishing a world class herbarium and library at world standards which represent plant

diversities o Performing all kinds of national and international educational social and cultural activities in

order to build social consciousness and awareness on the vital importance of the plant diversity o Informingpolicymakersconcerningtheplantdiversityandimportanceo RepresentingtheCountryinrelatedeventsandsubjects

Protection of Genetic Resources bull One third of the approximately 12 Thousand plants which are grown in Turkey have economical

importance and endemic characteristics bull The genetic resources have been brought under control by ldquoThe Project on the Protection of

Genetic Resourcesrdquo The protection studies are going on by registering more than 12000 plant speciesofwhich4000areendemicThe86600samplesbelongingto2500 plant types have been brought under control and have been used in improvement studies

bull Worldrsquos 3rd Biggest Plant Genbank has been opened in Ankara ThecapacityoftheBankwhichis 250 Thousand samplesandwhichis3rdbiggestbankafterChinaandUSAisplannedtobeincreased to 300 thousand types for the next stages

bull The Project for the Protection of the Petrsquos Genetic Resources which includes the protection and identification studies of totally 13 races and 3 lines belonging to bovine ovine and Poultry Pet races have been carried out

bull Totally3131animalsheadfrom12ovineand7bovineand5822beecolonyfrom1beeracein18provinces of Turkey have been brought under control by 202 breeders within the framework of the ldquoProjectfortheProtectionofAnimalGeneticResourcesbythePublicrdquo

bull 2 Animal Genbanks have been established OneisinLalahanLivestockCentralResearchInstituteand theother is in MarmaraResearchCentre (GMBE) belongingtoTUumlBİTAK (TurkishScientificandTechnicalResearchesInstitute)ThestudiesconcerningthecyropreservationandDNAlevelidentificationofDNAcelltissueembryoandspermbelongingto18bovine7ovineand5horcerace have been carried out

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

82 83

The Centres under construction are bull ldquoVegetative Biotechnology CentrerdquoundertheArableCropsCentralResearchCentrebull ldquoTurkish Geofits Gardenrdquo (bulbous plants and tuberous ornamental plants) under Atatuumlrk

GardenCulturesCentralResearchInstituteinYalovabull ldquoNational Farmer Training Centrerdquo in Şanlıurfa GAP Soil-Water Resources and Agricultural

ResearchInstitutebull ldquoPlant Tissue Culture Centrerdquo inAegeanAgriculturalResearchInstituteinİzmir bull ldquoClover Improvement and Original Seed Production Centrerdquo under the Ccedilukurova and

KahramanmaraşAgriculturalResearchInstitutes

Establishment of Agricultural Science Technology and Training Centres AgriculturalScienceandTechnologyCentreshavebeenestablishedinordertoincreaseyieldcarryoutnew researches bring in qualified human resources together and sustain development of agriculture

Within this scopebull Agricultural Hydrology Research Institute in Menemenİzmir has been transformed to

International Research and Training CentreTheInternationalTrainingProgrammeshavebeenperformedinthisCentre

bull ldquoThe Drought Testing Centrerdquo has been established in the premises of the Bahri DağdaşInternationalAgriculturalResearchInstituteinKonya

bull ldquoBull Testing Centrerdquo ldquoGenbankrdquo and ldquoBiotechnology Unitrdquo have been opened under Lalahan LivestockCentralResearchInstituteinAnkara

bull ldquoThe Residue Laboratoryrdquo has been established in the premises of Fruit Growing ResearchInstituteinMalatya

bull ldquoThe Aromatic and Pharmacological Plants Centrerdquo has been founded in the premises of WesternMediterranianAgriculturalResearchCentreinAntalyaAherbariumwith50000samplecapacityhasbeenestablished inAtatuumlrkGardenCulturesCentralResearch Institutewithin thescopeofNaturalOrnamentalPlantsProject

bull ldquoResearch Centre for Agricultural Practices for Energyrdquo under the Black Sea AgriculturalResearchCentrehasbeenestablishedinSamsun

bull ldquoGAP (Southern Anatolia Project) International Research and Training Centrerdquo has been establishedinDiyarbakırprovince

Inordertopreserveandimprovethe rich biodiversity Turkey Seed Genbank with 250000 material capacities has been established in Ankara Joint Project Studies and training programmes have been realised indifferentResearchInstitutesbytheparticipationofexpertsfrom42countriesTrainingProgrammeswereorganisedtotallyin18subjects(includingforeignlanguage)andbytheparticipationof589researchers

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

84 85

OTHER ACTIVITIES

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

86 87

The Registry System for Agricultural Holdingsbull ldquoThecooperationProtocolrdquobetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkish

StatisticalInstitutewassignedin2010forthepurposeoftheestablishmentofldquoTheRegistrySystemforAgriculturalHoldingsrdquowhichshallprovideastructuraltransformationanddevelopmentforthe strengthening of infrastructure regarding agricultural statistics

bull This event is an important step in the context of fulfilling the obligatory criteria under the 11thChapteronAgriculturalandRuralDevelopmentand18thChapteronStatisticsregardingnegotiationswithEU

bull The activities of agricultural holdings have been registered on the parcel basis by using the land registry data

Product Councils and Agricultural Unions bull LawonAgriculturalProducerUnionshasbeenenactedbull Totally822producerunionsand10centralunionshavebeenestablishedinlinewithLawon

AgriculturalProducerUnionsbull Totally 263BreederUnionsand4CentralUnionshavebeenestablishedbull 4479AgriculturalCooperatives50RegionalCooperativeUnionsand2centralUnionshavebeen

established Totally9ProductCouncils(CottonNutOlive-OliveoilCitrusTeaplantCerealsLegumesMeatandMilk)havebeenestablishedinordertodefinethenationalstrategiesfortheseproductswiththecontributionofpublicinstitutesNGOsandprivatesectorontheproductbasis

Agricultural Consultancy Systembull The project called ldquoDevelopment of Agricultural Extension Services (TAR-GEL Project)rdquo has

beenimplementedsince2004TheAgriculturalConsultantsappointedbytheMinistryprovidefreeadvisoryservicesfor farmers invillagestowns Inthebeginningphase1000agriculturalconsultants were appointed in 2004

bull Inthesecondphaseadditional2500contractedagriculturalconsultants were assigned in 2007 bull The number of agricultural consultants has reached to10000 in 2012 providing the consultancy

services in approximately 35000 villagestowns

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

88 89

Agriculture WEB TV bull ForthefirsttimeWEBAgricultureTVbeganbroadcastingonthewebaddress wwwtarimtv

govtr in order to provide agricultural information documentation and news on a daily basis for producers

bull It isaimed toconvey theagriculturalagendaanddevelopments regarding theagriculturalproduction food safety rural development and hobby gardening by reaching the producers via WEBAgricultureTVwitharicharchiveandexpertise

bull A model in European Union TheInformationPortalofEuropeanCommissionldquoE-practicerdquohasgivenplacetoldquoWebAgricultureTVrdquoinitswebpageasaModelstudy

Thousands of information sets distributed to the farmers free of charge Inordertoincreasetheproductionandproductivityprovidingtomeetdevelopedagriculturaltechnology and information bull Totally700000bookssuccessfullydistributedto7000villagesbull Inthecampaignstotally100bookswhichhas5200pageshavebeendistributedtothe farmersbyagriculturalconsultantswhoareworkingin81provinces

Private Sector Investments in Agriculturebull CapitalInvestmentshavebeenencouragedviathenewreformsonagriculturalpoliciesagricultural

supports and incentives provided for the domestic and foreign investor who intends to make investment on the agriculture sector

bull The share of agriculture within the capital investments of private sector realized as 3 in 2012

bull In2012totally136billionTLfixedcapitalinvestmentofwhich71billionTL being by the private sector has been made in agricultural sector

bull Totally 753 billion TL fixed capital investment has been made for agriculture sector between the years 2003-2012 of which 41 billion TL belongs to the private sector in this period

bull InthefieldofagriculturefoodbeverageandtobaccotheamountofForeignDirectInvestment(FDI)hasrisento22billiondollarsin2012whenitwas14milliondollarsin2002and63billiondollarsFDIwasmadeInthelast10years

bull The Turkish banking system has also developed in line with the recent changes as well as the harmonizationwith EU The banks have started to implement substantial supports via specialcampaigns for medium and large scale agricultural investments

Supervising services for the agricultural investorsbull ldquoAgricultural Investors Supervising Officerrdquo has been established within the Ministry to give

information on the opportunities and incentives provided for the national and international investors intending to make an investment in the field of agriculture

bull The Officersquos web page wwwtaryatgovtr have approximately 50000 visitors in a month

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

90 91

bull Approximately 30000 staff has been recruited between the years 2003-2012 in order to increase the human resources of the Ministry

Training Children on Food Safety 135000 coloring books short stories and activity books have been prepared in the context ofldquoSafeFoodHealthyLiferdquoforprimaryschoolstudentsinordertoraiseawarenessandknowledge of children about the importance of food safety

bull The books have been distributed to schools free of charge

International success in horse breedingbull The horse race programme has been accommodated with the world standards An increase more

than 90 has been provided in revenues from all kinds of parimutuels With the race organizations significant success has been achieved in international platform

Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Project (CcedilATAK)

bull The aim of the scheme is to reduce adverse effects of agricultural practices on environment to prevent erosion to sustain renewable natural resources to protect the natural cover and the quality of soil and water in the vulnerable areas

bull The studies have been carried out on the sustainability of renewable natural resources appropriate soil cultivation techniques generalization of irrigation and similar cultural measures decreasing the negative effects of agriculture by taking necessary measures prevention of erosion good agricultural practices and organic agriculture and raising awareness of local people

bull The project disseminated to 27 provinces and up to now for 377 thousand hectares 40 million TL paid as support to 12933 farmers

Human Resources of the Ministry

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

92 93

South Eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Action Plan (2008-2012)One of the biggest integrated development projects of the world ldquoGAPrdquo

bull In theGAPregionwhere 17 Million ha land will be brought together with water the training studies to provide the adaptation of farmers with irrigated farming has been given importance

bull Itwasaimedtoencouragethemoderntechniquesandmethodsofagriculturetousethepotentialin agriculture at maximum level and to improve the alternative production opportunities

bull With the irrigated farming the income level of region is planned to increase 5 times and the employment is to be provided for 35 Million persons

GAP ACTION PLANbull GAPActionPlanwasputintoeffectinaccordancewiththeDecisionNo200811ofthePrime

MinistrypublishedintheOfficialJournal18June2008andNo26910bull ThegoaloftheGAPActionPlanistoprovideeconomicgrowthandsocialdevelopmenttoreach

the national average in terms of the employment rates to improve the infrastructure and to raise thequalityoflifeofthepeoplelivingintheGAPregion

bull The Action Plan has four strategic development axes under which 73 projects have been implemented 1EconomicDevelopment2SocialDevelopment3ImprovementofInfrastructure4InstitutionalCapacityBuilding

bull Under GAP Action Plan totally 14 billion TL subsidy was allocated for the Ministry of Food AgricultureandLivestockforthe2008-2012periodand73projectsunderfourstrategicdevelopment axes has successfully implemented

bull InthePlantheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockcarriesout 9 activities under the axes of ldquoEconomic Developmentrdquo ldquoImprovement of the Infrastructurerdquo and ldquoInstitutional Capacity Buildingrdquo

94 95

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

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Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

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Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) System bull Under the twinningprojectperformedbetween theyears2007and2009 FarmAccountcyData

NetworksystemhasbeenestablishedinnineprovincesasAdanaBursaErzurumGiresun İzmirKonya Nevşehir Şanlıurfa Tekirdağ in order to collect the accounting data of the agriculturalholdings and to monitor the economic structures of agricultural holdings efficiently

bull The second twinning project started in 2011 in order to provide and extend the sustainability of thesystemUnderthisprojecttheprovincesMalatyaSamsunandİstanbulhavebeenincludedintothesystem In201211newprovinceshavebeen includedto thesystemasCcedilanakkaleBalıkesirManisaAydınDenizliMuğlaBurdurAntalyaMersinOsmaniyeandHatayThusFADNsystemisestablished in 23 provinces

Improvement of the Infrastructure of Agricultural Statistics ldquoStrenthening the Statistical Capacity Projectrdquowithabudgetof1150000Euroswhichhas beensupportedbyEUandpreparedinordertostrengthenthestatisticalcapacityofthe Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock was started in 2010 The project aims to increase the quality of the agricultural statistics to comply with the legislationandmethodologyofEU TheProtocolbetweentheMinistryofFoodAgricultureandLivestockandTurkishStatistical InstitutefortheEstablishmentofAgriculturalInformationSysteminthebasisofrdquoAgricultural HoldingsRegisterSystemrdquowassignedin2010Thedataentrytothesystemhasbeencarriedout since 2011 The system will provide an important contribution for the increase of the reliability rate of the agricultural statistics in Turkey

Establishment of Licensed warehousing system bull The Law on Licensed Warehousing of Agricultural Products was issued in 2005 which forms the

basis for the system bull The licensed warehousing system aims to facilitate the trade of agricultural products to establish

a system to keep the products in healthy condition and to make standardization of the productsbull AlicencedwarehousehasgoneintooperationwiththecollaborationofTurkishGrainBoard(TMO)

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

wwwtarimgovtr

Turkish Agricultural Sector meets the food requirement of 76 million Turkish

citizens and 32 million tourists

The Agricultural export accounts to 16 billion dollars to 188 countries

with 1663 products

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOOD AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCKStrategy Development Board

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

Adress EskişehirYolu9kmLodumluANKARAPhone (+90-312)2873360(10Lines)Fax(+90-312)2863964wwwtarimgovtr