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, "Climate Change Resilient Agriculture" trainings 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, Istanbul University, International Agricultural Research Institute Directorate and Fruit Research Institute, were held between 8-10 October in the meeting halls of Ödemiş, Tire and Torbalı District Directorates of Agriculture and Forestry, respectively, under the organization of the International Agricultural Research and Training Center.
A total of 250 people, 190 physical and 60 online, participated in the three-day training, which also included hybrid participation on the second day. In the event, which aimed to raise awareness of farmers about the expected impacts of climate change in their regions and to increase their awareness in terms of measures that can be taken, training presentations were made by Dr. Tuğba DOĞAN GÜZEL, Dr. Deniz SARI and Dr. Ece Gizem ÇAKMAK from TÜBİTAK MAM and Prof. Dr. Yusuf. KURUCU and Prof. Dr. M. Tolga ESETLİLİ from Ege University.
The ACLIFS Project aims to identify the impacts of climate change on agriculture and animal husbandry in three selected basins (Küçük Menderes Basin and Eğirdir-Karacaören and Beyşehir Lakes Basins), including socio-economic consequences, and to assess adaptation options. In this context, in the next phase of the study, trainings are planned to be organized in Isparta and Konya to cover the other study areas of the project.
