Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Prof. Dr. Vahit Kirişci visited MÜSİAD and came together with MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı and members of the MÜSİAD Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sector Board. At the meeting, sectoral problems and proposals concerning their solution were addressed comprehensively.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Prof. Dr. Vahit Kirişci visited the Head Office of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) and came together with MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı and MÜSİAD Board of Directors Members. At the meeting, in which members of the MÜSİAD Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sector Board also took part, the MÜSİAD Agriculture Summit held in Adana, sectoral problems and proposals concerning the solution of the problems were addressed comprehensively.
"MÜSİAD's findings are of value to us"
Making statements after the meeting, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Prof. Dr. Kirişci stated that MÜSİAD's findings were of value. In his assessment, Minister Kirişci said the following:
"We had a very useful, mutual exchange of views. This association's findings and this association's solution proposals concerning our sector are of value to us. We have taken all of them, we have taken our files, we have taken our notes. God willing, in our work from now on, taking into account the assessments and contributions made here, we as the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will continue our work at great speed."
The MÜSİAD Agriculture Strategy Report was presented to Minister Kirişci
President Asmalı, for his part, stated in his remarks concerning the meeting that many of the topics evaluated at the MÜSİAD Agriculture Summit and the Agriculture Strategy that was put forward focus on the solution of problems in line with Türkiye's 2023 targets. President Asmalı noted that the MÜSİAD Agriculture Strategy Report prepared on the subject had been shared with Minister Kirişci.
"We are pleased to host our esteemed Minister at MÜSİAD. Türkiye is an agricultural country. Products of many different kinds are grown in every corner of our country. There is no other country where such diversity is encountered in every square kilometre. Both climate conditions and the emerging global effects bring with them new difficulties in the field of agriculture and food. Our esteemed Minister is undertaking initiatives in many areas concerning the problems of our farmers and our producers. We too, with the reports we prepare, are taking steps towards the prevention and solution of the problems that arise and the new risks that may occur. In our meeting we consulted comprehensively on the problems in the sector and on the demands of our producers and industrialists. Our Agriculture Strategy is a road map in this framework."
MÜSİAD's proposal will be implemented
During the visit it was also reported that the proposal included in the MÜSİAD report, which envisages that land lying idle for 1 year be leased from citizens and converted into agricultural production areas, will be implemented. In his statement on the matter, President Asmalı made the following remarks:
"Our esteemed Minister reported that the necessary steps have been taken for the implementation of our proposal envisaging that land lying idle for 1 year be leased from citizens and converted into agricultural production areas. In other words, no unsown land will remain in Anatolia. In addition, our esteemed Minister gave the good news that feed subsidies will be introduced for our farmers and for our producers engaged in livestock breeding and that there are initiatives concerning the establishment of a Contract Farming Project and Sworn Agricultural Consultancy. We will continue to work in full coordination with our Ministry together with our MÜSİAD Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sector Board. I thank our esteemed Minister once again for his visit."
