Within the scope of the “Future of Agriculture, Agriculture of the Future Platform” activities implemented by the Ministry, guides are prepared to guide investors in potential areas in the sector.
While the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is rolling up its sleeves to bring new investors to the sector, thanks to the investment guides prepared on the basis of product and sector for this purpose, it is presented to the entrepreneur at the beginning of the work how much profit can be made with a project.
According to the information obtained by the AA reporter, while the business world and the agriculture sector were brought together with the “Future of Agriculture, Agriculture of the Future Platform” created by the Ministry, the potential of the agricultural sector was shared with investors.
In this context, necessary infrastructure and guidance studies will be carried out in line with the demands of the business world in areas that require financing, technology and R&D investments. The business world will be directed to areas where the capacities of small and medium sized enterprises are not sufficient. In this way, it is aimed to provide agriculture-industry integration and to bring new investors to the sector with the slogan “Investing in agriculture is an investment for tomorrow”.
In line with the opinions and suggestions from the business world, preparation of investment guides on product and sectoral basis started. Investor guides and feasibility reports prepared in areas such as walnuts, almonds, olives, truffles, blue nuts, carob, beekeeping, sericulture and goose and turkey breeding were made available to the investors.
With these guides and feasibility reports, investors can plan how much profit they will make with an investment from the very beginning.
Profitable investment areas
Next are the following areas such as thyme, sage, anise, rosehip, black sesame, fenugreek, sumac, Tipton weed, lemon balm, and peppermint production. The Ministry has started to prepare feasibility reports and investor guides for those who want to invest in these areas.
According to the preliminary study, the cost of producing sage in an area of 10 decares was calculated as ₺10 thousand 184 on average, while the net profit was ₺17 thousand 766, the cost of thyme production was ₺11 thousand 506, and the net profit was calculated as ₺17 thousand 442. While the cost of peppermint production was ₺17 thousand 907, the net profit was determined as ₺27 thousand 433. In this way, the Ministry has demonstrated that producing the plants in question is a profitable investment.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli also said the following about the platform, “Awareness of the agricultural sector has increased with the pandemic. Yesterday it was all about production-oriented agriculture, today is more focused on market and consumer preference. Yesterday, agriculture was at the local level but today it is for national and global markets. This change will be bringing great opportunities to agriculture. Agriculture is a profitable sector that has a lot of investment opportunities and a future. We wanted to build this platform to design the future of agriculture. The next few decades will be shaped around the plants. In agriculture, without using this information in decision support systems productivity cannot be increased. We hold meetings with many segments from our farmers to our businessmen, we explain the areas suitable for investment and we make the right directions.”
Source: AA / Translated by Bazaar Times Team