Smart Touch to the Future of Alanya Farmers

Within the scope of the SWAMED project financed by the European Union, "Digitalization in Smart Agriculture: Irrigation Method" training was organized for farmers with the contribution of Alanya ALKÜ Science Communication Office. Interreg NEXT MED Project coordinator Assoc. Dr. Fırat Arslan, Alanya Chamber of Agriculture President Tahir Göktepe, Alanya District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry Director İhsan İnal, academicians and many producers attended.

Digital Irrigation Systems and Artificial Intelligence Explained

ALKÜ Rafet Kayış Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Assoc. Dr. Arslan emphasized the strategic importance of water in education and explained artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT) and automation-supported irrigation systems to the participants. Explaining the integration of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and water-energy-food-environment (WEFE) approach in agriculture, Arslan shared the contributions of economical water use to production and the future. Also in the program, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Engineering Dr. Lecturer Member İnayet Hakkı Çizmeci made a detailed presentation about smart agriculture sensors, cost analysis, and the use of drone and satellite data.

Certificate of Participation was Given to Producers

After the training, certificates were presented to the participating farmers. Speaking at the end of the program, Chamber President Göktepe touched upon the importance of increasing awareness about autonomous systems for agricultural development and thanked the project team and ALKÜ Rector Prof. Dr. He thanked Kenan Ahmet Türkdoğan. District Manager İnal also wished that the project would be beneficial for the agriculture of the region and congratulated those who contributed. It was reported that the training will continue in practice in the field in the coming days.

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