Within the scope of the "Sugar Master Plan Project" carried out in cooperation with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sugar Department and TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE, field studies on beet production in Turkey have started. Accordingly, 11 of the workshops planned to be held in provinces with 22 important production centers for province-based current situation assessment and cost analysis of beet production were completed.

Following the first "Sugar Raw Material (Sugar Beet) Production and Cost Analysis" workshop held in Adapazarı, workshops were organized in Kırklareli, Eskişehir, Kütahya, Afyon, Ankara, Kırşehir, Kastamonu, Burdur, Çorum and Yozgat provinces respectively.

In the workshops attended by stakeholders in the sugar sector (public institutions, sugar factories, private companies, NGOs, farmers, etc.), determinations were made regarding the current situation regarding beet production in the province, suggestions were developed for the steps to be taken, and detailed analyzes were made with the participants on beet production costs.

In addition to the workshops, the Alpullu, Eskişehir, Ankara and Çorum sugar factories in Kırklareli were visited and the processes from the arrival of the beet to sugar production were examined and face-to-face interviews were held with the producers.

Within the scope of field studies on beet production and cost analysis, 11 more workshops will be organized in the provinces of Amasya, Tokat, Konya, Kayseri, Kayseri, Niğde, Aksaray, Malatya, Elazığ, Elbistan, Erzincan and Muş.

The data obtained at the workshops will be evaluated within the scope of the analyses to be carried out by TÜSSİDE on sugar beet production in Turkey and will be used in the formulation of the Sugar Master Plan.