Notification No. 2023/6 on the Research and Development Support Program. Country/Territory Türkiye Document type Regulation Date 2023 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 32137, 19 March 2023. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural extension Business/industry/corporations Equipment Policy/planning Research Smallholders/peasants Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Notification enters into force on the day it is published in the Official Gazette and shall be effective from 1 January 2022. Abstract This Notification aims to provide support for research and development projects deemed appropriate, in order to develop information and technologies on priority issues needed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the agricultural sector and to transfer this information and technologies to farmers and agricultural industrialists. The priority issues shall be determined by the R&D Support Program Evaluation Board and must serve at least one of the following: (I) solving the problems encountered in agricultural production and agriculture-based industry; (II) contributing to the development of products, systems, processes, methods, technologies or to the improvement of existing ones; (III) developing alternative local and national products to machines, devices, software, additives, diagnostic kits, vaccines, medicines, fertilizers, feed imported by our country; (IV) developing technologies and applications to increase efficiency and quality and reduce costs in agricultural production; (V) developing export-oriented machines, devices, products, systems, processes, methods, and technologies in order to increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector at the global level; and (VI) increasing the effectiveness of policies implemented in the field of agriculture. Full text Turkish Website www.resmigazete.gov.tr References - Legislation Implements Agriculture Law No.5488. Legislation | Türkiye | 2006 Keyword: Framework law, Agricultural development, Policy/planning, Biodiversity, Biosafety, Biosecurity, Business/industry/corporations, Ecological production/organic production, Food security, Cooperative/producer organization, Pastoralism, Protection of environment, Food quality control/food safety, Afforestation/reforestation, Erosion, Agro-forestry, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 6243 on agricultural support in 2022 and support to use certified seeds in 2023. Legislation | Türkiye | 2022 Keyword: Agricultural development, Biodiversity, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Food security, Genetic resources, Data collection/reporting, Protection of environment, Planting material/seeds, Certification, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX