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ICE supports "Bilgim Bereketim" trainings for farmers

ICE supports the "Bilgim Bereketim" Intelligent Agriculture and Financial Literacy trainings for farmers

"Bilgim Bereketim" project that set off to strengthen our farmers throughout Türkiye was launched in İzmir. The trainings organized in cooperation with Boğaziçi University Lifelong Learning Centre (BÜYEM), Kapsayıcı Büyüme Derneği (Inclusive Growth Association) and İzmir Commodity Exchange (ICE) initiated after the welcoming ceremony in Swissotel Efes with the support of İzmir Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock on Wednesday, 8 February 2017. Within the scope of the project, about 300 producers from all over İzmir participated in the free trainings that lasted all day.

The chairperson of the Board of Directors of İzmir Commodity Exchange that is one of the stakeholders of the project, Mrs. Işınsu Kestelli stated in her opening speech that the only way to make sure the world was a more liveable place was to ensure a fair distribution of income and that the agriculture was of great importance in this respect. She also said, "That our country manages to turn the potential we have in agriculture into higher added value is of great importance in terms of increasing our overall wealth and welfare. Knowledge is quite vital in this sense. I firmly believe that if we succeed to remain strong in clean production in this period, this will render us advantageous in the future".

08.02.2017

 

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