Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Cahit Turhan attended the signature ceremony today for cooperation between PTT and Turkey Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Board for Agriculture.
Minister Pakdemirli said that the world is passing through a period of change and transformation, in the next ten years information will be important.
H.E. Pakdemirli stated that he world's population will be 9.1 billion in 2050 and 70 % will be in urbanization. Bekir Pakdemirli, "Village migration to the city is accelerating. We have to increase food production by 50 percent. This is a very difficult homework. It is a difficult task for countries, not just for us. It cannot be without data, without technology, without knowledge." he said.
Emphasizing that agriculture and water will be the most strategic sector in the coming years, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli, stated that the leader of the world would be the nourisher of the world and the value of this land and water should be well known.
Minister Pakdemirli said that technology came to the forefront in this sector with "Agriculture in 4.0"; the farmers following the technological developments minimize the loss of yield to the minimum.
H.E. Pakdemirli said that the societies that have a knowledge-based economy will draw a leading position in the world. Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said:
"We have done a great job with the Agricultural Card that will be the best benefit for our farmers. Farmers will receive fast, safe and quality service, at their home, without leaving the field, without going to the district they would be able to carry on their work. They would be able to buy fertilizer, diesel oil, feed and consultancy services with this card. We will be working with Agricultural Credit Board to give support through this card."
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli, said that the farmers could be reached by better recognizing them and said: "Talking with the producer is not always touching to the producer. If we can follow the movements of the producer, where and what are they doing, in which area which fertilizer is used, it is important to follow all these. We will provide good service and will know our producer better. "
"There is no other nation in the world thinks the farmers deserve the master title "
Agriculture and agriculture's economy is the backbone of the society throughout history and the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Cahit Turhan'da "The farmer not only the pole of his own quarry, but also surrounded by all around the plane of the Anatolian plane. For him, as a nation 'farmers' share we have given. there is no other nation that sees worthy of lordship. " he said.
Minister Turhan, as in their other projects in the Agriculture Card project, the farmer and the country will win by declaring, PTT reached a strong structure in every area pointed out that hand.
It said that PTT as come to an end but reborn from its ashes and almost become one of the largest brands in the world and Minister Turhan highlighted that to keep pace with the modern age, "Now without PTTCell, without Post Office Bank, without Post Office Cargo, without PTT Matic thinking of a Turkey is not possible. 438 institutions' 596 kinds of business and operations are realized by the PTT. At the villages and the towns of Turkey, PTT is serving our citizens with exactly 5,021 establishments. Currently in our country 1309 settlements only gives PTT is providing banking services and in 174 places there are no atms except PTTMatic."
Minister Cahit Turhan stated that with the Agricultural Card the farmer would benefit from the power of PTT and added, it will add power to its power. The card will be distributed to approximately 550,000 cooperative partners. No commission or transaction fee will be charged for the works and transactions of the members of the cooperative with PTTCard at the offices and offices of PTT.
Following the ceremony, both ministers signed the representative Agricultural Cards.
Fahrettin Poyraz, General Manager of Agricultural Credit, and Kenan Bozgeyik, Chairman and General Manager of PTT also attended the ceremony.