SAMPLE FRUITCULTURE ORCHARD ESTABLISHED IN POSOF YURTBEKLER VILLAGE

Subgovernor, Mayor, inhabitants and other authorized staff from District Agricultural Ministry came together for seedling.

Top and root prunings were trained and practiced to agriculture engineers by Ahmet Baytekin, the agriculture expert of International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation (IBC). The garden had been visited early and with the participation of Agriculture Directorate's staff;
a) Sapling hole opened,
- Marking,
- Digging operetions were made.
b) Differentiated mother and father saplings of apple and cherry and their places marked;
c) Root pruning and top cutting operations trained and practiced.
The orchard situated on 2 hectares land Yasin Çelik.
IBC and Posof County Governorship have contributed economically to the 2 hectar land of Yasin Çelik which transformed to orchard of apple and cherry by Posof County Gendarme Commandership.
The Commander of Gendarme Troop Staff Colonel Aydın BACIK, The County Governor Mr. Ogün Bahadır, Posof Mayor Mr. Şükrü BOZYİĞİT, Staff of IBC, Staff of County Agriculture Directorate, Director and Staff of Forest Business, County Public Education Director Mr. Yalçın YILMAZ, villagers and students of Yurtbekler have participated to the opening ceremony.

The staff of International Blue Crescent and students are together in the opening ceremony.

The sample fruit culture orchard was established by the contribution of International Blue Crescent and
County Gendarme Commandership.

The Governor, The Commander of Gendarme Troop, The Mayor, Staff of County Agriculture Directorate, Staff of IBC, students and villagers have trained on planting sapling, it was practiced and the saplings were life-watered.
Added: 15/04/2004