Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, which has the distinction of being Turkey's first agricultural fair, is preparing to open its doors for the 26th time on April 29-2023, 26. Speaking at the introductory meeting of Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcekinvited all sector stakeholders to the 26th Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, where new services and products will be introduced and new business and commercial partnerships will be established.
Turkey's first agricultural fair, 'Hasyurt Agricultural Fair', which met with the agriculture sector again after a 7-year hiatus last year, will open its doors for the 26th time this year. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor regarding Hasyurt Agriculture Fair to be held between 26-29 April 2023 Muhittin Böcek, Finike Mayor Mustafa Geyikçi, Antalya Commodity Exchange and Agriculture Council President Ali Çandır, Kumluca Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Fahri Özen, Kumluca Commodity Exchange President Fatih Durdaş, Finike Chamber of Agriculture President Halil Sarıçobanoğlu and Antalya Agriculture Provincial Director Gökhan Karaca held a press conference. .
WE ALWAYS SUPPORT AGRICULTURE
Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality speaking at the press conference Muhittin BöcekStating that Turkey's first agriculture fair, Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, will be held for the 26th time this year in Finike, the fertile lands of agriculture, between 26-29 April 2023, he said, “Since the day we took office as the Metropolitan Municipality, we have been the most important part of agriculture for Antalya. With the awareness that it is one of the important sectors, we always support our farmers and producers with our Local Development Projects. We continue to work in cooperation with our producers and farmers in 19 districts of Antalya. Visitors at our fair to be held; they will get to know new services and products, and they will contribute to their work through meetings. In addition, they will find the opportunity to make their products and production more valuable by establishing new business and commercial partnerships.
WE WILL CARRY THE FAIR TO THE INTERNATIONAL AREA
Stating that Antalya, which performs 50 percent of Turkey's greenhouse agriculture, ranks first in terms of production capacity, the President Muhittin Böcek, “40 percent of Turkey's vegetable need is met from the districts of Kumluca, Finike, Demre and Kaş, where approximately 30 thousand registered farmers are located, that is, from the Western Mediterranean belt. With the production capacity and potential of our Western Mediterranean agricultural region, and the past experience of Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, we aim to carry the fair to an international dimension and reinforce its brand value in the coming years. I expect all the stakeholders of the sector to take their place in this great agricultural meeting that we will organize, and I invite all our producers to our fair.”
ALL OUR PEOPLE ARE INVITED
Finike Mayor Mustafa Geyikçi, on the other hand, reminded that Turkey's first agricultural fair, which started in the garden of a school, was suspended for 7 years, and that they started again last year with the support of the Metropolitan Mayor Muhittin President, and invited all industry stakeholders to Finike.
FAIR BORN FROM THE ASH
Ali Çandır, President of Antalya Commodity Exchange and Agriculture Council, emphasized that Hasyurt Agriculture Fair was born from the ashes with his farmer producer friend Muhittin President after 7 years: “We held a successful fair last year. In our fair, we will discuss very important issues related to our industry with different topics and guests every day. Our fair, which was held on an area of 6 thousand square meters last year, will be held on an area of 8 thousand 500 meters this year. The fair, which had 75 exhibitors last year, will have 95 exhibitors this year. We expect 25 thousand visitors to our fair. Entrance to our fair is free.”
WE REVIEWED THE FAIR
Antalya Agriculture Provincial Director Gökhan Karaca said in his speech that Antalya is the capital of agriculture as well as tourism and said, “Antalya meets a significant part of Turkey's gross national product in agriculture. As Antalya, we know very well the importance of agricultural fairs. We have revived Hasyurt Agriculture Fair for the last two years. We brought a very important fair to our country again. Thank you to everyone who contributed.”
EXHIBITION STARTED
Finike Chamber of Agriculture President Halil Sarıçobanoğlu stated that as Finike, they will host the visitors in the best way, and noted that they expect all industry components to Finike. Kumluca Commodity Exchange Chairman Fatih Durdaş reminded that they successfully completed Turkey's first agricultural fair last year and said, “We are very excited about the fair. Agriculture has a very important contribution to the economy of our district, which is one of the leading producers of oranges and tomatoes. In our region, which is also the most important center of greenhouse production in Turkey, our producers and sector representatives will have the opportunity to see new developments, irrigation systems and machinery equipment with this fair. Our fair will show our farmers an important year”.
FREE ENTRY TO HASYURT AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Kumluca Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Fahri Özen stated that they would like to see all the stakeholders of the sector at the Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, the most important organization of Western Antalya.
Participants from many sectors, from seeds to fertilizers, from pesticides to irrigation systems, from greenhouse constructions to seedlings, will take part in the fair, which will be held on an area of 8 square meters in the Hasyurt Fairground. Farmers and producers will have the opportunity to get to know new products and services in the sector at the Hasyurt Agriculture Fair, where the entrance is free of charge.