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GROWTECH EURASIA REVIEW
underlined that Growtech Fair
was one of the most important
fairs to Antalya and added
"UBM Company successfully
organizes this fair. This year is
the innovation year for our
Chamber and we repeated our
cooperation with Growtech in
agricultural innovation and
here we are delivering these
rewards. I hope our
cooperation will increasingly
grow in the forthcoming years
and we will organize
numerous huge organizations
like this one under the roof of
Growtech.
Dr. Durali Kocak, Deputy
Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Food, Agriculture
and Livestock mentioned
“Agriculture requires
knowledge, experience and
technology. We all know the
progress of tec hnology. I
would like to express my
gratitude towards everyone
who develops technology,
which facilitated life for
producers and cultivators.
Technology has no limits. The
more we develop and brand,
the easier it gets for producers
and the happier we make
them. We can gain leverage
for sustainability and
competition. We can increase
our producers' income and
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welfare. Therefore, we care
much about technology. And
award organizations are the
most important motivational
tools in this respect”.
Turkey to boost its
competitive power with
geothermal and solar
energy…
On the second day of Growtech
Eurasia fair, industrial
representatives discussed
“Today and Future of
Agriculture Technologies”.
Moderated by Irfan Donat,
Agriculture Editor, the panel
welcomed Muslum Yanmaz, the
Chairman of the Greenhouse
Investors' and Manufacturers'
Association (SERA-BIR),
Tanzer Bilgen, Co-Founder and
Managing Director of Doktar,
Bulent Aytekin, Co-Founder
and Managing Director of the
Greenhouse Construction,
Equipment and Hardware
Manufacturers' and Exporters'
Association (SERKONDER)
and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Topakci,
Academic Member of
Engineering Department of
Agricultural Machines and
Technologies, Faculty of
Agriculture, University of
Akdeniz as lecturers for
“Agricultural Talks”.
Addressing at the panel,
Muslum Yanmaz, the Chairman
of the Greenhouse Investors'
and Manufacturers' Association
(SERA-BIR) mentioned that
effective use of geothermal and
solar power to develop modern
green housing would boost
Turkey's competitive power.
Seed Growing Industry
Sprinting with R&D
investments selling seeds
throughout the world...
Second session of
Agricultural Talks addressed
“New Approaches to Seed
Growing”. Kamil Yilmaz, The
President of Turkish Union of
Seed Growers (TURKTOB)
stated “with a history of 40
years, Turkish seed growing
industry is a total success story.
The number of companies,
which was 3-4 on its year of
founding, now reached up to
800. We managed 958 thousand
tons of seeds by the end of
2016. Our estimated growth
target for 2017 is 10 percent.
Turkey now became the very
country to fulfill seed
requirements with R&D
activities and thanks to such
kind of events where seed
growing companies are
promoted on global market.”
Driverless tractor exhibited
at Growtech Eurasia to arrive in
Turkey next year.
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