Ardahan University, Ardahan Governorship with Ardahan Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, and hosted our University, on 16 October World Food Day occasion, the “Reliable Food, Consistent Consumption and Ardahan’s Local Values” theme panel was held. 16 October 2026 Technical Science Vocational School (TBMYO) Prof. In the program held in Dr. Oktay Sinanoğlu Conference Hall, reviews were shared on reliable food access, consumption awareness, climate crisis, zero waste, water management and local products of the city. Mr. Ömer Hilmi Yamlı, Governor of Ardahan, Prof. Dr. Öztürk Emiroğlu, Member of the Board of Presidential Agriculture and Food Policy and Professor of Agriculture and Forest Minister of Prof. Dr. Aykut Gül attended our students with the academic and administrative staff of our university.
Harun Smart, Head of Provincial Agriculture and Forest: “The Reliability of Local Products is Proven to the World”
Mr. Harun Smart, Director of Ardahan Provincial Agriculture and Forest, who made the opening speech of the panel, pay attention to the relationship of food safety with the production structure and local values of the region, said “I mean food safety in Ardahan; the geo-marked Ardahan explorer of our economy, flower honey, meats of our animals grown in the past and the trust of our anta seed roast wheat.” It stressed that the audit can not only be limited to resmî institutions, and consumers are given an important role in audit processes directly through Alo 174 line. Mr. Smart, Governorship and Serhat Development Agency (SERKA) noted that the first time in the city was given to m ve and eyebrows producers, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) hygiene trainings.
Prof. Dr. Öztürk Emiroğlu: “The main thing is not marketing, production, food assurance and logistics”
Dear Prof. Dr. Öztürk Emiroğlu pay attention to the inequalities experienced in access to food on a global scale, “Some places die from a 10-minute man starving in some places when talking to hygienic food; the main thing is not marketing, production, food assurance and logistics.” Our Rector, which states that the Institute of Agriculture and Livestock Sciences and the center of our university moved to the field of scientific accumulation through the laboratory, explained that Ardahan honey will be awarded to the sale of “existent approval.” The island seed of the region was transferred to the flour, bulgur, irmic and pasta of wheat as well as studies to bring mass production.
Ardahan Governor Ömer Hilmi Yamlı: “The Importance of Value Added in Local Production”
Ardahan Governor Mr Ömer Hilmi Yamlı, who came to the cure to make the opening speech, stressed that the food must be prevented by remembering that there is a year of labor behind a slice of bread coming to the table. In Turkey, the food produced from the field to the final consumer, stated that 25 to 40 percent of the food has been lost, “One”