Within the scope of the protocol signed on 30.05.2016 with the cooperation of TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE and Eastern Black Sea Project (DOKAP) Regional Development Administration and which will last for 24 months, the "DOKAP Region Organic Agriculture Basins Determination Research Project" will be carried out in the provinces of the region (Artvin, Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Samsun, Organic agriculture basins (Tokat, Trabzon, Ordu and Rize) will be determined and the future strategies of the region on organic agriculture will be determined.
Within the scope of the project's "Identification and Mapping of Organic Agriculture Basins" work package, soil sampling was completed in Artvin, Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Samsun, Trabzon, Ordu and Rize provinces. A total of 2100 samples were taken from 1050 points in these provinces and delivered to the Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute (KTAE) laboratories for soil analysis.
In November, soil sampling studies will be completed by taking 584 samples from a total of 287 points in Tokat province, which was later included in the DOKAP borders. After the completion of soil sampling studies, soil analyzes will begin. With the completion of soil analysis, mapping studies for the organic agriculture basins of the DOKAP Region will be carried out.
