The “Agriculture Rises with Youth” idea competition, organized for the tenth time this year by the İzmir Commodity Exchange (İTB) to support young people who wish to pursue work in the field of agriculture and which has become a traditional event, has concluded.
Applications submitted to the “Agriculture Rises with Youth” project idea competition, organized by our Exchange to support young people who wish to work in the field of agriculture, were evaluated by a jury consisting of academics and representatives of public institutions and İTB.
As a result of the evaluation, the project ideas entitled to receive awards are presented below.
Competition Award Winners:
First Prize:
Tarık Yıldız / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Production of Smart Fertilizer Supported by Encapsulated Probiotics and Biochar Obtained from Whey and Agricultural Waste”
Second Prize:
Ali Kayra Kocatürk / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Agrion - Robotic Morphological Crop Phenotyping System for Climate-Friendly Agriculture”
Third Prize:
Buse Yıldız / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Bıo-Condenser”
Project Ideas Entitled to Be Exhibited:
Selin Saygel / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “R-Viyol”
Şehnaz Can / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Agrisah”
Sude Cangür - İbrahim Çelik / / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Biokor”
Cihan Karapunar / Agricultural Marketing, Branding and Communication Category: Project Idea Entitled “Farmer Ai: Your Digital Farm”
Mehmet Fatih Aksoy / Environmental Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Liquid Bio-Shield 4.0: Phase-Changing Bio-Mulch System Applied with AI-Assisted Drone Technology”
Mehmetcan Erbaş / Smart Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “In the Micro-Universe of the Seed, the New Future of Agriculture”
Ahmet Taha Akkoca / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Practices through the Production of Bioactive Fertilizer and Water-Retaining Gel from Tea Waste”
Ece Yücel / Rural Development Category: Project Idea Entitled “Agro Anatolian Fine Dining Project”
Hümeyra Sarıdayı / Crop and Livestock Production Category: Project Idea Entitled “Development of an Autonomous Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (ROV) for Water and Fish Monitoring”
Özge Karacay / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Bio-Sap”
Eslem Şura Cağaloğlu / Rural Development Category: Project Idea Entitled “"Lezzet Kâşifi - Deneyim Koridorları Uygulaması "”
Hidayet Ersin Büyüksarı / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Biopop "”
Duygu Bağçivan / Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Category: Project Idea Entitled “Silent Strength in the Soil – Agriculture and Nature-Based Support Project for Children with Autism”
Tülin Kılıç / Rural Development Category: Project Idea Entitled ““Children of the Soil: Special Families Empowered through Agriculture and Livestock Farming””
The project idea exhibition will be open to visitors at the 21st International AgroExpo Agriculture and Livestock Fair, to be held from 3–7 February 2026.
Submitted for your information.
Yours sincerely,
İzmir Commodity Exchange
