Young Farmers Get Hands-On with Precision Farming
The project contract foresees precision farming training for 25 young farmers in each of Şanlıurfa, Adana, İzmir, Ankara and Sakarya, 125 people in total. The aim is to give young farmers the knowledge they need, from the concept of precision farming to the practical use of technology and data-driven decisions. In the contract each course is planned as three days and 15 hours in total.
Sakarya: 12-14 June 2026
According to the call for applications, the Sakarya course was open to young farmers living or farming in the province, limited to 25 participants and free of charge. The announced programme covered the concept of precision farming, sustainable production, data-based decision-making and digitalisation, along with theory and practice on GPS systems, automated machinery, drone-assisted field observation, sensor-based monitoring and data analytics. The course began on 12 June 2026, and an activity video was published on the project website and the platform.
Şanlıurfa: 3-5 July 2026
The young farmer course in Şanlıurfa took place on 3-5 July 2026. Its activity video is available on the project's Activity Videos page.
Ankara: 26-28 September 2026
The three-day programme in Ankara began on 26 September 2026. According to the platform's news item, the first day covered the basics of precision farming, the role of data in farm decisions and the profitability, environmental and sustainability aspects of this approach; participants learned how managing variation in growing conditions and soil properties within a plot affects productivity. Sessions planned for the following days included irrigation management based on soil and crop data, variable-rate fertilisation, remote sensing and sensor technologies, along with interactive sessions in which participants shared their own farming experience.
Why young farmers?
As the same article points out, farming in Türkiye is under growing pressure from rising temperatures, changing rainfall and more severe drought, while higher input costs and limited access to water make efficiency decisive. Precision farming helps cut both costs and environmental impact by applying irrigation water and fertiliser in the right amounts at the right time. The project aims to make these technologies easier to access for the young farmers who will shape the future of agriculture, and to build their knowledge of them.