The Climate Change Adaptation Grant Scheme (CCAGP) is co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey. "Climate Change Adaptation Grant Scheme (CCAGP)" is implemented by the Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change (MoEUUU) and the contracting authority of the grant scheme is the Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations, Department of European Union Investments of the MoEUUU.
Within the scope of the grant program, the field studies of the "ACLIFS - Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Increasing the Resilience of Rural Communities" project, which is carried out under the coordination of TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, in partnership with Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Ege University, Istanbul University, Istanbul Technical University, International Agricultural Research Institute Directorate and Fruit Research Institute, were carried out in Eğirdir-Karacaören and Beyşehir lake basins between 29 January and 25 February 2025.
With the field studies carried out in the relevant basins, the procurement processes of ground observation data for the verification of current land use data were completed. The current crop pattern determination studies, which will be produced within the scope of the project and will also be input to the hydrological model, were carried out by Prof. Dr. Levent BAŞAYİĞİT from Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty Member Sinan DEMİR, Research Assistant. Assist. Fuat KAYA from the Faculty of Agriculture of Isparta University of Applied Sciences; Assist. Zir. Engineer Damla COŞKUN and Mgr. Agric. Engineer Bahar TÜRKELİ ULUMAN.
During the field work, interviews were conducted with farmers and other local stakeholders who coincided with the work processes in the field. The agronomic characteristics and current development status of annual crops, especially orchards, observed in the field were specifically evaluated.
In this process, randomly sampled plots with different agricultural production activities were checked on-site and coordinates were recorded in a field study sheet using ArcGIS FieldMaps and other integrated GPS applications. As a result of the findings, an updated land pattern map will be validated and can be used as input in the hydrological model.
