Agriculture / Food

The general purpose of this project was to promote an effective implementation of the EU financial assistance for rural development under the Rural Development Sector Programme and prepared the Turkish Cypriot community for the future implementation of the acquis communautaire.

Crop Husbandry Project aims; to reduce significantly the amount of water applied per crop and maximise water use efficiency for fruit, vegetable and field crops to overcome scarcity and salinity of water; to improve economic viability of crops under irrigation and dry farming in order to increase farmers’ welfare; to design production system according to market needs ; to perform all the activities in an interactive way with the involvement of key partners (public and private).

The project aims to improve the hygiene and sustainability of livestock production through a combination of activities to strengthen both the provision of animal husbandry farm advisory services and veterinary services, as well as to inform and guide stakeholders.

The aims of the project were • Strengthening of the capabilities of the Veterinary Services for the effective and efficient control and eradication of FMD • Provision of technical assistance to the GDPC and FMD Institute for the preparation of an application dossier to be submitted to OIE for the recognition of Thrace as ‘FMD free zone where vaccination is practiced’ • Development and implementation of programmes for raising public awareness to more successfully implement and manage FMD control

Global objectives of this project was to prepare tender and procurement dossiers for the 3 care units’ (Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir) construction to launch the main project aiming to decrease the incidence of rabies, with a view for eradication of the disease in Turkey, to ensure a human and animal health status, like in the EU.

Under the GAP Rural Development Programme funded by the EC, a grant of 20 million Euro was allocated for the Rural Development component of the program. This grant was disbursed to a wide rage of sub-projects to be implemented by various stakeholders in the GAP region. The implementation of various activities within the framework of the Rural Development project helped to alleviate poverty and trigger a sustainable development process in the region by: diversification of non-farm activities; creating/maintaining employment; improving the income of beneficiary farmers and rural SMEs; improved usage of production factors; reorientation of farming and rural SME activities; improving the quality of farm and agro-industry products through improved processing and marketing; promoting handicraft activities; facilitating environmentally friendly farming and agro-industrial activities, improving infrastructure connected with the development of agriculture and institutional strengthening in the region. Project activities covered nine provinces, namely Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa and Şırnak.

The Project was implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the Government of Turkey in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The baseline survey consisted of 3 major components, which are general data collection, marketing survey and farming analysis.

Within the World-wide Framework Contract with the European Commission, "Rural Development and Food Safety" Program, the Consortium EURATA, which SOFRECO is also a member, has been entrusted to carry out the study.

AGRIN was awarded a contract by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic, to establish a computerised Financial Management System and to prepare the “Financial Management and Accounting Policy Manual” for the Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP).

In 1996, AGRIN was awarded a contract to establish the Project Implementation Unit to carry out the over all management, as well as monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Kyrgyz Sheep Development Project, including procurement, finance/accounting, and disbursement functions on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MAWR).

AGRIN was awarded a contract to provide the consultancy services for watershed management, monitoring and evaluation, system analysis, soil conservation/irrigation, forestry and agricultural planning and training.

AGRIN was involved in this project as a joint-venture partner with Lincoln Int. Ltd of New Zealand. Project objectives are to strengthen the research capabilities of agriculture, forestry, soil and water research institutes, through setting priority national research programs, including farmers research systems. Major consultancy inputs provided for institutional strengthening are; preparation of a research master plans, farming system research, livestock research, crops research, integrated pest management, forestry research, soil and water research, and MIS. AGRIN was also responsible for overall coordination of the consultancy activities (more than 200 staff month) of the project.