In order to introduce the Instrument for Pre-accession
Rural Development Program and to share views thereof, a workshop was held with
the cooperation of Packaged Milk and Dairy Products Industrialist Association
and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, on February 7-8 2013.
The workshop was attended by the Deputy Minister of
Food, Agriculture and Livestock Kutbettin ARZU, Deputy Minister for European
Union Affairs Dr. Alaattin BÜYÜKKAYA, Deputy Director General of the Agrarian
Reform Yusuf Gülsever, President of the Agriculture and Rural Development
Support Institute Kerem AKGÜNDÜZ, Head of the Rural Development Department Ali
ERGİN, representatives from Packaged Milk and Dairy Products Industrialist
Association, beneficiaries from Germany, Poland and Turkey. Besides discussing
the opportunities for guiding beneficiaries, the workshop focused on the issue
of agricultural extension and consultancy.
The workshop also gave an opportunity for sharing experiences in the
implementation of program in Europe and discussed the problems of farmers towards
implementing IPARD Program in Turkey.