The second series of Focus Group Meetings and the 2nd Regional Workshop of the ACLIFS Project was held in Izmir for the Küçük Menderes Basin.
Co-financed by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey under the Climate Change Adaptation Grant Program (CCAGP), under the coordination of TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Ege University, Istanbul University, Istanbul Technical University, The Focus Group Meetings of the "ACLIFS - Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Enhancing the Resilience of Rural Communities" project, which is carried out in partnership with the International Center for Agricultural Research and Training and the Fruit Research Institute, were completed in Bayındır, Ödemiş and Tire districts of Izmir under the organization of the International Center for Agricultural Research and Training (UTAEM), and the Regional Workshop was held in UTAEM meeting halls.
The focus group meetings and workshop organized for Küçük Menderes Basin were well attended. In the focus group meetings, project stakeholders, especially farmers, were brought together and climate change adaptation measures were evaluated. The opening speech of the workshop held after the focus group meetings was delivered by Dr. Tuncay Topdemir, Director of the International Agricultural Research and Training Center. Afterwards, project coordinator Dr. Tuğba Doğan Güzel introduced the project and gave information about the activities carried out within the scope of the project and the workshop program. Afterwards, Prof. Dr. M. Tolga Esetlili from Ege University presented the first modeling results for determining the cropping pattern for the study area and what the region can expect as a result of climate change impacts.
In the continuation of the workshop, participants elaborated on the climate change adaptation measures shaped in focus group meetings at different tables and online platform under the headings of water management and combating drought, sustainability in crop production and adaptation of livestock to climate change. In this context, sub-actions, performance indicators and main stakeholders and actors playing a critical role were identified for each adaptation measure.
