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14.08.2024
BODRUM'S GREEN FUTURE: NEW AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BUREAU OPENS WITH GREEN MANDARIN HARVEST
Bodrum Municipality hosted an event featuring the opening of the Agricultural Services Directorate’s Bitez Branch Bureau and the Green Mandarin Harvest Festival.
On Tuesday, August 13th, the Agricultural Services Directorate’s Mandarin Practice Garden - Bitez Extension Office was inaugurated in the municipal mandarin orchard located in Bitez Center. Simultaneously, the Green Bodrum Mandarin Harvest Festival was held in cooperation with Bodrum Municipality and Pernod Ricard Türkiye.
The event was attended by Bodrum District Governor Mustafa Çit, Mayor Tamer Mandalinci, Bodrum District Agriculture & Forestry Director Durmuş Çakır, representatives from Pernod Ricard Türkiye, representatives of NGOs, municipal council members, neighborhoods’ headmen, mandarin producers, members of the press and local residents.
The programme began with opening speeches and continued with the symbolic harvesting of the green Bodrum mandarin. Guests were served green Bodrum mandarin products, aiming to promote its use in cold drinks, salads, cakes and ice cream, with the aim of popularizing its popularity as a culinary product.
Zümrüt Yezdani Kedik, Director of Legal, External Relations, and Corporate Communications at Pernod Ricard Turkey, provided information about the Bodrum Green Project, saying:
“As Pernod Ricard Turkey, through our Bodrum Green Project, we aim to preserve the historical and cultural significance of the geographically indicated Bodrum mandarin and promote its sustainable production and usage. This project will always be incomplete without the support and effort of the local government and you, the producers. We say, 'Don't use satsuma or lime; use our own unique Bodrum mandarin, which has a much richer aroma.'"
At the end of the program, Bodrum Municipality distributed "Mediterranean Fruit Fly Traps" free of charge to the producers as part of the fight against the Mediterranean fruit fly, which has caused economic damage to mandarin growers.
At the end of the event, Bodrum Municipality distributed "Mediterranean Fruit Fly Traps" to local farmers free of charge as part of their efforts to combat the Mediterranean fruit fly, which has caused economic losses for mandarin growers.
