TEKNOFEST, organized under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the T3 Foundation, is continuing with events at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport. On the festival's third day, the Agricultural Technologies Clustering Foundation held a panel titled "Agriculture, Production and Regional Development."
Speaking at the panel, which was held under the theme "Agriculture from Academia to the Field," Gümen said agriculture and livestock farming in Türkiye were becoming more planned, efficient and technology-driven each year. Gümen said technology made it possible to remotely monitor the feed and water consumed by animals.
Gümen said they wanted young people to take a greater role in agriculture and livestock farming and that support was provided to women and men between the ages of 18 and 28. Gümen said young people's work was supported, that they were given priority in Ziraat Bank loans and that greater interest reductions were applied, adding that the support contributed to continuity in production.
Emphasis on productivity and technology in agriculture
Mehmet Emin Sekmen, mayor of Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality, said agriculture was one of the indispensable sectors for a nation. Sekmen said agriculture and livestock farming needed to be made more productive and noted that the importance of agriculture had become clearer during the pandemic.
Noting that regions producing affordable and high-quality products stood out in the global competitive environment, Sekmen said Türkiye needed to focus more closely on agriculture to take part in this competition.
Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar, rector of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, said modern technologies made production easier and increased added value. Dalgar said knowledge, technology and young people had come together at the festival and that young people were not required to work only in the fields in which they had received their education.
Dalgar said the young people who would receive training at the TÜME farm in Burdur included teachers, veterinarians and theologians.
Furkan Aşık, a TÜME agricultural entrepreneur, said he was pleased to address young people at the festival after starting livestock farming.
