One of the things that we have come to know in 2020 is that the concept of ''sustainability'' has become the main subject of the seed industry when the general framework of agricultural production and global food demand of the world population are taken into account. In the most general sense, sustainable agriculture can be defined as methods and practices applied in agriculture in line with the environmental conditions in order to ensure that adequate and qualified agricultural products increase in parallel with the food demand of world population. Sustainable agriculture has now become more of a necessity than a choice, and meeting the food demand of world population for the future is a global responsibility standing ahead of us.
The transform of which has previously been perceived as a ''peasant-farmer'' to ''professional farmer'' who is interested in industry-oriented production has made plant breeding and sustainable agriculture a priority for seed companies. As ProGen, we work on genomic selection and plant breeding on field crops (cotton, wheat, barley and soybean) with the aim of developing new, superior quality and growerfriendly varieties adopted to environmental conditions and presenting them to producers in a short time. Conventional plant breeding largely depends on environmental conditions and takes a long period of time,hence causing agricultural progress to slow down and generating great concern for the future. The work we have done in this regard is also an indication of our desire to take an active role in the ongoing digital transformation observedin seed industry which affects both our country and the world.
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey awarded ProGenwith the R&D Center accreditation and we became the first company not only to be the first R&D center in Hatay province, but also to take the lead as the first seed company being R&D Center among the companies that work on field crops in Turkey.
Progen Seed invests in the use of smart farming techniques, which are on the agenda in recent years, in seed production process with the view that mart farming applications will increase the productivity in agricultural production and reduce the negative impact of agricultural applications on the environment.
Ali Özbuğday, President, 2020
One of the things that we have come to know in 2020 is that the concept of ''sustainability'' has become the main subject of the seed industry when the general framework of agricultural production and global food demand of the world population are taken into account. In the most general sense, sustainable agriculture can be defined as methods and practices applied in agriculture in line with the environmental conditions in order to ensure that adequate and qualified agricultural products increase in parallel with the food demand of world population. Sustainable agriculture has now become more of a necessity than a choice, and meeting the food demand of world population for the future is a global responsibility standing ahead of us.
The transform of which has previously been perceived as a ''peasant-farmer'' to ''professional farmer'' who is interested in industry-oriented production has made plant breeding and sustainable agriculture a priority for seed companies. As ProGen, we work on genomic selection and plant breeding on field crops (cotton, wheat, barley and soybean) with the aim of developing new, superior quality and growerfriendly varieties adopted to environmental conditions and presenting them to producers in a short time. Conventional plant breeding largely depends on environmental conditions and takes a long period of time,hence causing agricultural progress to slow down and generating great concern for the future. The work we have done in this regard is also an indication of our desire to take an active role in the ongoing digital transformation observedin seed industry which affects both our country and the world.
Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey awarded ProGenwith the R&D Center accreditation and we became the first company not only to be the first R&D center in Hatay province, but also to take the lead as the first seed company being R&D Center among the companies that work on field crops in Turkey.
Progen Seed invests in the use of smart farming techniques, which are on the agenda in recent years, in seed production process with the view that mart farming applications will increase the productivity in agricultural production and reduce the negative impact of agricultural applications on the environment.
Ali Özbuğday, President, 2020