Konya continues to increase its support for farmers and producers every day.
Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay stated that as the Metropolitan Municipality, they prioritize increasing the income of citizens engaged in agriculture, enabling them to earn more with alternative products, and, most importantly, contributing to employment.
In this context, support has been provided in many areas for farmers in the 31 districts to reduce their input costs. This support includes subsidies for fruit saplings, seeds, greenhouse plastic, and agricultural machinery and equipment, among others.
Mayor Altay stated, "Starting from the beginning of the year 2023 alone, with the aim of encouraging our farmers to produce alternative crops, we provided support in the form of 344,000 saplings and seedlings of 13 different types. Additionally, we supplied 6,825 kilograms of safflower, 249,300 kilograms of Hungarian vetch and sainfoin seeds, along with various machinery and equipment support. The agricultural support amount we provided to farmers in the year 2023 reached 12 million Turkish Lira. In addition to these efforts, we are also providing agricultural training to farmers to promote modern farming techniques and increase productivity."
