“Development of Production Models and Market Channels in Greenhouse Cultivation Project” started with the contract signed between TÜSSIDE and TR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry General Directorate of Crop Production.

With the works to be carried out in the project:

• Creating suitable product patterns and growing models that will meet optimal production with minimum cost on the basis of micro-catchments in greenhouse vegetable cultivation in Turkey,
• Determining business models to increase greenhouse vegetable production in regions close to metropolitan areas,
• Revealing existing and potential marketing channels through research and development studies,
• It is aimed to create producer and investor guides for greenhouse vegetable production.

In this context, it is aimed that the project outputs will contribute to the processes of determining agricultural policies and reflecting them on the field effectively.

The opening of the project and the first technical committee meeting were held in Ankara on 5 – 6 December 2022, and General Manager of Herbal Production Mr. Dr. It started with Mehmet Hasdemir's speech. Afterwards, Head of Field and Horticulture Department, Mr. Dr. Veyis Yurtkulu and TÜBİTAK TÜSİDE Senior Chief Researcher, Mr. It continued with the speeches of Barış Çarıkcı. Following the opening speeches in the program, the presentations of Technical Committee members, TR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and TÜBİTAK TÜSSIDE were included, and it was concluded with the evaluation of the project calendar and the Greenhouse Production, Urban Agriculture and Vertical Agriculture Stakeholder Ecosystem Study.