UTAEM newsletter I S S U E 1 9 JANUARY 2020

6th CONGRESS ON SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION

th 6 Congress on Soil and with 264 participants in total; Water Resources with Inter- 22 participants from Bulgaria, national Participation was Croatia, Czechia, Greece, held with the support and Iran, Japan, Serbia, Spain and contributions of Ministry of Ukraine, 52 faculty members Agriculture and Forestry of from universities, 105 rese- Republic of , along archers from research insti- with the participation of uni- tutes and 87 researchers versities and institutions wor- from different institutions, king on related topics in our Ayten NAMLI presented for three days, in 26 sessions, country, between 12-14 No- “Agronomic and Environmen- simultaneously taking place vember 2019 in UTAEM, Me- tal Features of Biochar”; Prof. in 4 different halls. nemen, İzmir. Following the Sait GEZGİN presented In the Congress, 139 oral and speeches of Dilek KAHRA- “Fertility of Soil in Turkey” and 33 poster presentations took MAN, Director of UTAEM and Prof. Haruyuki Fujimaki pre- place; under the Soil and Congress Chairman, Prof. Yu- sented “Determination of Irri- Plant Nutrition topic 54 oral suf Ersoy YILDIRIM, Dean of gation Depths using and 15 poster presentations, Faculty of Agriculture in Eski- WASH_2D and Weather Fore- under the Agricultural Irriga- şehir Osmangazi University, cast”. tion topic 41 oral and 8 pos- Dr. Bülent SÖNMEZ, Head of GÜBRETAŞ Fertilizer Com- ter presentations, under the Department of Soil and pany, UPL Agriculture and Climate Change and Agricul- Water Resources of GDAR Chemicals Industry and Trade tural Ecology topic 23 oral and Mustafa ÖZKAYNAK, Me- Limited Company, Turkish and 8 poster presentations, nemen District Governor in Coal Enterprises Institution, under the Agricultural Mec- the opening session of the METOS TR, Paksoy Technical hanization and Information Congress, invited papers we- Services Trade Limited Com- Technologies 15 oral and 1 re presented. pany and Pressurized Irriga- poster presentations and un- Within the scope of the tion Industry Association der the Natural Resource Congress, Dr. Anna OSANN sponsored the Congress, Economy topic 4 oral and 1 presented “The Changing which was supported by Sci- poster presentations. World of Agriculture”; Prof. entific and Technological Re- search Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) within the scope of 2223-B Domestic Scientific Event Planning Support Prog- ram, these institutions also presented in the opening ses- sion. The Congress was held P A G E 2

8th International Course on Organic Farming

8th International Course on from Atatürk Horticultural Center and Olive Research Organic Agriculture was Central Research Institute, Institute instructed lectures. held in UTAEM with 17 par- Plant Protection Within the scope of the ticipants from India, Iran, Research Institute, Erbeyli program, a technical excur- Kosovo, Pakistan, Sudan and Fig Research Institute, Mani- sion to the field of an orga- Tunisia between 2-6 Sep- sa Viticulture Research Insti- nic farmer in Menemen- tember 2019. tute, International Agricul- Emiralem was organized. During the course, experts tural Research and Training

9th International Course on Integrated Pest Management Alternative Methods for Reduction of Pesticide Use

9th International Course on ted in the training. ber 2019 to an orchard in Integrated Pest Manage- During the course, experts Selçuk district and Bornova ment Alternative Methods from Bornova Plant Protec- Plant Protection Research for Reduction of Pesticide tion Research Institute inst- Institute, respectively. Du- Use was held in UTAEM ructed lectures about integ- ring the technical visits, between 14 – 18 October rated pest management and experts showed examples of 2019. 21 people from 9 methods for reduction of alternative practices, integ- different countries, Bosnia, pesticide use. rated pest control and sha- Knowledge India, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Within the scope of the trai- red their knowledge and Macedonia, Rwanda, Serbia, ning, technical visits were experience about the pesti- expands Sudan and Tunisia participa- organized on 16 - 17 Octo- cide techniques. when shared Field Day of Extension Project of Subsurface Drip Irrigatıon Systems in Cotton and Corn

Within the scope of Extending tems in Cotton and Corn", con- tenance of the subsurface drip Agricultural Renovation Pro- ducted in UTAEM, was held on irrigation system and cotton jects, conducted by UTAEM in 25 September 2019. 32 techni- irrigation program. cooperation with İzmir Provin- cal personnel and producers During the field day, subsurfa- cial Directorate of Agriculture from Menemen, and ce drip irrigation system in and Policy, field day on Çiğli participated to the field cotton was demonstrated. "Extension Project of using day. Producers were informed Subsurface Drip Irrigation Sys- about the operation, main-

Bornova Suphi Koyuncu High School “Erasmus + Climate Action Project”

Within the scope of Erasmus from Norway, Germany, ment experts made presenta- + Climate Action project, me- Czechia, Macedonia and Bor- tions about the subject. In eting about the "Impacts of nova Suphi Koyuncu High addition, facilities of UTAEM Climate Change on Sustainab- School participated to the and Soil, Water and Fertilizer le Agriculture" was held at meeting. Laboratory were introduced. UTAEM on 25 October 2019. UTAEM’s Climate Change and 50 students and teachers Agricultural Ecology Depart- P A G E 3

Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Legislation Training for Trainees

The training of trainee per- 21 - November 1, 2019 with During the training, Central sonnel on Legislation orga- the participation of 116 and Izmir Regional Union nized by the General Direc- personnel from İzmir, Balı- officials provided informa- torate of Agricultural Credit kesir, Kütahya, Mersin, Te- tion about the legislation of Cooperatives was held in kirdağ and Konya Regional the agricultural credit coo- UTAEM between October Unions. peratives.

General Directorate of Personnel - Salary Program Introduction

The introduction of the per- held in UTAEM between 16- given by Ayşe Suzan GÜLTE- sonnel salary program orga- 17 September 2019. KİN, Ramazan ASAN, Aydın nized by the General Directo- Around 37 paymasters parti- ÜLVAN and IT specialist Fer- rate of Personnel of the cipated to the meeting from hat TÜRK. Ministry of Agriculture and İzmir and nearby provincial Forestry for paymasters was directorates. Training was

2019 Regional Group Meeting

"2019 Regional Group Mee- plant production and health, meeting. During the mee- ting", coordinated by Ae- animal health and breeding, ting, lectures were instruc- gean Agricultural Research fisheries and aquaculture of ted on the issues of regional Institute, was held in İzmir, , Aydın, Denizli, problems and extension UTAEM between 26 - 28 Çanakkale, Balıkesir and projects carried out by the November 2019. Denizli Provincial Directora- provincial directorates with 135 participants from de- tes, research institutes, uni- research institutes were partments of coordination, versities attended to the explained.

Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Orientation Training

Orientation training organi- tember 2019 with 56 parti- trainers were informed zed by Izmir Regional Union cipants who started to work about credits, accounting, of Agricultural Credit Coo- recently in cooperatives law, insurance, marketing peratives was held in affiliated to the regional and organization, cooperati- UTAEM between 2-6 Sep- union. During the training, ve systems.

Training on Heat Treatment Operator Certification

Heat Treatment Operator 23 – 25 September 2019. 78 Training was given by speci- Certification training organi- people attended to training alists work at Izmir Directo- zed by Izmir Directorate of who would like to get heat rate of Agricultural Quaran- Agricultural Quarantine was treatment operator certifi- tine. held in UTAEM between cate. P A G E 4 ““Breath for Future” Sapling Planting Campaign

Within the scope of the “Breath for Future” Campaign of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for a ‘A greener Turkey, a more livable World”, 11 million saplings were simultaneously planted at 11:11 on 11.11.2019 at 81 cities. UTAEM did its part by planting olive saplings in Menemen and also in Köyceğiz Soil and Water Conser- vation, Trial and Demonstration Station, for ‘Breath for Future’. According to the Presidential Decree, every year 11th of November is celebrated as “National Forestation Day”. Citizens took great in- terest in the first rally of ‘A Breath for Future’ coordinated by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the campaign also aims to break two records as well. The campaign wants to register Turkey in Guinness World Records in “Planting the most seedlings within 1 hour” by planting 301111 seedlings in Çorum. Currently, the record belongs to Indonesia with 232647 seedlings. The second record is to create “the largest online photo album of people planting seedlings” which will be formed with photos of the citizens planting seedlings in 81 cities.

ABOUT US... UTAEM works under the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policy of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The Center aims to carry out national/international research projects for increasing the agricultural productivity, conservation and sustainable management of natural resources and to hold national/international courses, workshops seminars etc. according to the needs and demands of public sector, private sector, professional organizations and non-governmental organizations. Besides its scheduled prog- rams and projects, UTAEM is open to any kind of activities of training programs and research projects on demand from national/ international organizations. UTAEM adopts sharing the agricultural studies, experience and knowledge in international platform as principle and is one of the leading organizations in this regard.

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