Turkish Growers Association ( SUSBIR ) President Ahmet Dundar : “ Turkish growers need to embrace the digital age as shortly as possible . That is the current reality of our industriousness and the existence . Exhibitions and trade fairs were full of life to our diligence . In these organization , our growers learn from each other and also get to purchaser . However , with the advance of the internet and digitalization , the grandness of these fair is getting smaller . Fairs in Europe are decline in sizing every yr . Only the fair in Essen is pregnant in monastic order to set up commercial-grade trade lane . The other fairs are mostly for show and networking and not for commerce . That ’s why our cultivator take to adapt quickly to the digital age .
In domestic projects such as parks and landscaping of the city , we have been calling for the use of domestic product and our calls have been answered positively by our President . flop now 80 % of the product used in these labor are domesticated . If we can not betray our product , then it have in mind there is a problem with our marketing and sales organization . There is no need to import product , especially with our country ’s massive current account deficit . We require to be an export country in decorative plants and cut flowers , not an import one .
Our state ’s economical problems have also impacted the floriculture industry . To overcome these problems is only possible with high - caliber mathematical product so we can focus on exportation markets instead of the domestic market . regrettably , we can not focus on export markets due to our ware being not a full fit for those market . particularly in ornamental works production , our grower necessitate to choose their production assortment with exportation market place in judgement . Currently , our agriculturist are mostly concentrate on the domestic market and municipality demands . At least one-half of the production should be made with the goal of selling them to strange markets . If we can not achieve that , then our cultivator will go out of business concern . This diligence is very harsh towards growers with low - quality product , our agriculturist are slowly realise this .
For instance , Odemis township of Izmir is a very important yield area and many growers are located here . However , almost all growers grow their ware for municipality . Now with municipality budget cut , there is excess supply but we can not export these products because of low timber . The use of peat in Odemis is extremely miserable and almost every country want to purchase plants with peat in it . Local goods used as a replacement for peat crusade diseases so the total orbicular market is very much reluctant in purchasing such products .
As the Growers ’ Association , we are also try out to patronize our growers with training form to improve their production know - how . Also , I have been the president of Growers ’ Association for 3 eld and for 3 days we have been request from the Ministry of Agriculture the list of products we are spell and their quantity so that we can use these figures to inform and channelise our agriculturist . However , this information is not useable . If we can get this listing and start develop these products at high - timbre , then we will be able to contend in the global marketplace as well . ”
author : Haber Hurriyeti
