Feed Planet Magazine Issue-Sayı: 22 January/February - Ocak/Şubat 2020

ARTICLE • MAKALE 50 FEED PLANET / JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2020 • OCAK-ŞUBAT 2020 vermek lazım. İstatistikler %66’sının yaptığı işten para kazanamadığını göstermektedir: 3’te 2. Bu çok yük- sek bir rakam. Tarım, sanayi ve hizmetler içerisinde bir kıyaslama yapmak gerekirse, tarım sektörü risk ve belirsizliğin en yüksek olduğu sektördür. Gerek hava şartları, ge- rek hayvan sağlığı, gerekse iş gücü anlamında belir- sizlik yüksek. Bu sene Ağustos ayının ikinci haftasın- da Dolar 7 lirayı aştı. Ciromuzun yüzde 40’lık bir kısmı dövize endeksli. Kendimizi toparlayana kadar epeyce yara aldık. Geçen yıla kıyasla toplam maliyet artışımız yüzde 50’leri buldu. TARIMA AKTARILAN TEŞVİKLER YERİNİ BULMALI Tüm dünyada olduğu gibi Türkiye’de de tarım des- teklenmektedir ve desteklenmelidir. Türkiye’nin 2020 bütçesinde tarıma aktarılacak miktar 22 milyar TL civarında. Önceki sene 16 milyar TL idi. Bu az bir miktar değil. Bu paranın nereye ve nasıl aktarılacağı- services; agriculture is the sector with the highest risk and uncertainty. Uncertainty is high in terms of weather condi- tions, animal health, and labor force. In the second week of August this year, the dollar exceeded 7 Turkish Liras. 40 percent of our turnover is indexed to foreign exchange. We got a lot of wounds until we recovered. Compared to last year, our total cost increase reached 50 percent. INCENTIVES TO AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED CAREFULLY Agricultural production is being supported and encour- aged in Turkey as in the entire world. The amount that will be transferred to agriculture in Turkey's 2020 budget is around 22 billion Turkish Liras. The previous year, it was 16 billion. That's not a small amount. Where and how to transfer this money should be considered very well. The government distributes 16 billion dollars, but imports are still increas- ing. This should be rearranged. So then the incentives don't work. Incentives are given for two things: either for increas- ing production or employment. We have not been able to move forward in any of them. Everyone has a plan for the distribution of this money and the plans are being amended frequently in the ministry. Short-term strategic changes are inadvisable in terms of efficiency. 70 percent of the costs of animal production is feed. The question of meat is actually a matter of fodder. Who takes care of the fodder problem will also solve the meat problem. Turkey's per capita meat consumption is around 38-40 kilos per year and is on the same level as the world average. This figured needs to be increased because we meet two-thirds of our meat needs from white meat. These two should be brought closer to each other in proportion. The presence of cattle and sheep in Turkey must definitely be increased. For this, our first priority must be to put dairy cattle breeding at the top and protect our dairy animals. OPINIONS OF MORE COMPETENT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASKED We have the competence and know-how to produce high-quality feed. We also increase our skills as time goes on. When we look at our neighboring countries, we see that there are many important markets here. Turkey purchases wheat from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan and became the global flour export leader. We can achieve the same success in feed as well. Turkey is in the heart of the Silk Road both from East to West and from North to South. For this reason, Turkey cannot ignore agriculture. Already agri- culture is spoken more and more every day. “Feed is the essence of food” is like a proverb of our sec- tor. Feed prices are now 50 percent higher than it was four years ago. Under the current circumstances, there is no point in insisting on selling meat at the prices of four years