5 Million Lira Greenhouse Support for Producers in Kastamonu

September 18, 2026 · Vatan

As part of a 5 million TL project aimed at developing protected cultivation in Kastamonu, 502 greenhouse covers were delivered to farmers.

A new grant program supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been completed to develop protected agricultural production in Kastamonu. Within the scope of the 'Vegetables Always Green with Greenhouse Covers Project,' prepared under the 'Project for the Development of Plant Production,' material distribution was carried out for producers. In the project, with a total investment budget of 5 million TL, 2 million 500 thousand TL, representing 50% of the cost, was directly covered by the Ministry. Under the initiative, realized with 50% producer contribution, 502 greenhouse covers, with a total weight of 33,600 kilograms, were delivered to farmers.

The Project for the Effective Utilization of Agricultural Lands (TAKE), aimed at bringing unused agricultural lands back into production and increasing product diversity, is being implemented without slowing down across Kastamonu. Within the program coordinated by the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, 10 projects were launched in 2025 and 13 separate projects in 2026. These investments aim to sustain small-scale family businesses, alleviate farmers' basic input costs, and extend the fresh vegetable harvest period throughout the year.

Drawing attention to official data at the greenhouse cover distribution ceremony, Kastamonu Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Ahmet Kılıç, shared information about the province's protected cultivation infrastructure. Kılıç stated that according to TÜİK data, there are approximately 320 decares of greenhouse area in the province, and about 1,900 producers are actively involved in greenhouse farming or own their own greenhouse facilities. It was reported that greenhouse activities in the province are geographically concentrated, particularly within the borders of the central Kastamonu district and İnebolu district.

Ahmet Kılıç stated that public aid provided to modernize greenhouse activities in the region is steadily increasing, recalling that a total of 1,356 greenhouse covers have been delivered to farmers in the last three years. Emphasizing that the support in the field continues uninterrupted with the 502 new covers delivered this year, Kılıç reported that 152 fully equipped greenhouses of various sizes have been established and made available to producers to date within the scope of Rural Development Investments and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) projects.

AK Party Kastamonu Deputy Fatma Serap Ekmekci, who attended the ceremony and addressed the producers, evaluated the role of greenhouse farming in local development with the following words:

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