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President Erdoğan visited the relevant institutions in order to support studies on the protection of agricultural biodiversity and local seed resources and to inform the public.
Erdogan, who visited the sapling production area and received information about the plant species grown, then moved on to "Our Heritage Local Seed Garden". Erdogan, who collected products such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beans and corn in the basket in his hand, said, "We have done our harvest today." Erdoğan, who also examined the area where the reverse cedar tree and other landscape plants are located, then visited the Agricultural Biodiversity Museum, which reveals the rich agricultural biodiversity of Anatolia. Erdoğan shared the following on his social media account after his visit: "Our heritage is a very valuable asset for our future with the Local Seed Garden, Ornamental Plants Production Center, Soilless Agriculture Greenhouse and Agricultural Biodiversity Museum. I would like to wholeheartedly thank everyone who works to protect the plant treasure of our country."
French Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard announced that the emergency aid plan for farmers damaged by the extraordinary drought in the country will come into force in the coming days.

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality provided certified chickpea seed support to 4 thousand 762 farmers in all 25 districts in order to support rural development and increase domestic production. The support consists of 1 million 500 thousand kilograms of seeds given with a 50 percent grant. Ayaş Ortabereket farmers started harvesting in February, among the first producers to put the seeds into the soil. ABB Rural Services Department Crop Production Branch Manager Niyazi Zobu stated that this year was a fruitful season and said that farmers achieved a yield of 150-250 kilograms per decare.
While it is aimed to irrigate 80 thousand decares of agricultural land with the closed irrigation system implemented by the State Hydraulic Works, Uzunlu Dam, whose occupancy rate reached 100 percent with the rains, provided farmers with a comfortable season.

White cabbage harvest has started in Kaynarca village of Bor district of Niğde. The product, whose grain price varies between 40-60 TL in the field and an annual yield of 250-300 thousand tons is expected, is sent to all over Türkiye.

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı participated in the honey milking program in İnceyol village of Sivas center with AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler and Sivas Governor Yılmaz Şimşek. Minister Yumaklı stated that Türkiye ranks second in the world in honey production, that it aims to produce 9 million hives and 97-100 thousand tons of honey, and that Türkiye accounts for 90% of the world's pine honey production. He also warned beekeepers to avoid actions that could lead to fire, saying that the risk of forest fire has increased.

In order to compensate for the damage exceeding 10 billion euros caused by drought to the agricultural sector in France, an aid package including a local recovery fund, tax exemption and subsidies was announced.