The opening meeting of the project "ACLIFS - Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Increasing the Resilience of Rural Communities", co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey under the Adaptation to Climate Change Grant Scheme, coordinated by TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, in partnership with Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Ege University, Istanbul University, Istanbul University, Istanbul Technical University, International Agricultural Research Institute Directorate and Fruit Research Institute, was held in the meeting hall of Isparta Eğirdir Fruit Research Institute. Approximately 150 people attended the meeting, which was organized as a hybrid.
The opening speeches of the meeting were delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abit Balın, Strategy and Business Development Director from TÜBİTAK MAM, Dr. İsmail Demirtaş, Acting Director from Eğirdir Fruit Research Institute, Furkan Keskin, Engineer from the Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, and Özlem Aksoy, Grant Manager from the Directorate General for EU and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
In the opening speeches of the project, the current impacts of climate change and the risks it poses on food security were emphasized and the importance of the work to be carried out was emphasized. It was also stated that this project, which is one of the 29 projects selected among approximately 1000 applications within the scope of the grant program, aims to increase the leverage effect of the grant program by carrying out it effectively. Deputy Governor Hasan Hüseyin Vural and Eğirdir District Governor Adem Çelik evaluated the work to be carried out within the scope of the project.
Following the project opening speeches, Project Coordinator Dr. Tuğba Doğan Güzel made a presentation on the project. Afterwards, a panel session on "Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Production and Food Security" was held with the participation of Prof. Dr. Yurdanur Ünal, Prof. Dr. Ali Ertürk, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tolga Esetlili, Prof. Dr. Levent Başayiğit and Prof. Dr. Bekir Kayacan, moderated by Assoc. Prof. Haldun Karan. During the panel, information was shared about the planned studies and evaluations were shared about the expected effects of climate change in the region.
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Enhancing the Resilience of Rural Communities Project
The aim of the 18-month project is to identify the impacts of climate change on agriculture and livestock in selected regions, including socio-economic consequences, and to assess adaptation options.
In the three basins selected within the scope of the project (Küçük Menderes Basin and Eğirdir-Karacaören and Beyşehir Lakes Basins);
- Modeling of climate change, prediction of projected changes in water reserves,
- Impact of new reserve conditions on agricultural production,
- Modeling the product pattern according to the new condition,
- Identifying the economic and social impacts of new conditions
It is aimed to carry out studies for the realization of the studies.
Within the framework of the project, separate crop plans will be prepared for the 3 basins selected as a result of the modeling studies to be carried out sequentially, and plans will be developed to increase the adaptive capacity of rural areas against climate change in order to mitigate economic and social impacts.
In this framework, it is planned to organize 6 trainings, 6 focus group meetings and 4 regional workshops, together with surveys targeting stakeholders contributing to agricultural production in the region.
