The total budget of 156 thousand euro of which 90 percent of the portion of the project is supported by the EU. The project partners from Turkey, Ege University, Association of Ecological Agriculture and the Ecological Association of Manufacturers, Ekoconnect Europe-Germany, Peacritt & Organics, Organic Products Cluster-Cluster-France and Greece. The project, implemented for a period of 18 months.
Speaking at the opening meeting of the European Project Organic Clusters EIB President Mehmet Ali Organic Light Committee, launched the organic farming movement 20 years ago in Turkey, an important threshold point that, for many years to gather the fruits of their labor sector, they said they started.
Many of the country on the basis of production target for organic agriculture put Turkey in the first place in the organic production to 5 percent of the predicted voicing Light, pleasing the interest of citizens in the organic agricultural products, he said.
And in the world market for organic agriculture in Turkey has grown by 25 percent each year, Mehmet Ali Işık record, "organic products, large supermarkets began to be sold. Other products declined by price scissors. Soil, be viewed as a rack. Co-operation and dialogue with civil society organizations is very important. Clustering of new markets We want to open. " he said.
Flood attachment that provides information about the project co-ordinator of the EU project destekleği with 140 thousand euros to set up a communications network, for producer organizations and initiatives to open new marketing channels, the recipient will introduce at some point the vendor to create online marketing platform, also do product and price comparison system he said.
