MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS (MARA)

1. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS (MARA) GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF PROTECTION AND CONTROL (91/676/EEC) “TÜRKİYE’DE NİTRAT DİREKTİFİNİN UYGULANMASI” (IMPLEMENTATION OF NITRATE DIRECTIVE IN TURKEY) Basri EVCİ Fisheries Engineer,MSc. October 23-25 2007- ANKARA

2. TITLES • Agricultural Structure in Turkey • Nitrates Directive Clauses • Adoption of Nitrates Directive • Application of Nitrates Directive in Turkey Project MATRA Project • Results of the project

3. Agricultural Structure

4. Country-wide agricultural area use

5. IRRIGATED AREA IN TURKEY

6. IRRIGATED AREA IN TURKEY Irrigated Area Years

8. PROVINCES ACCORDING TO ANIMAL VOLUME (Top-10) (Million) (2005)

9. CATTLE POPULATION IN TURKEY

11. CHICKEN POPULATION IN TURKEY

12. CHEMICAL FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION IN TURKEY Fertilizer consumption vs years

13. Chemical Fertilizer and Manure Consumption per Hectare Kg nitrogen /ha agricultural field

14. Hektar başına kimyasal ve hayvansal gübre tüketimi (kg azot/ha tarım alanı.)

15. Tarım alanı başına düşen hayvan sayısı (hayvan ünitesi/ha tarım alanı.)

16. Hektar başına hayvansal gübre tüketimi (azot hayvansal/ha)

17. Clauses of Nitrates Directive • Determination of Polluted Waters • Determination of Vulnerable Zones • Good Agricultural Practices • For farmers • For environment • Preparation of Action Plan • Monitoring Results and Reporting • Obeying Clauses of Legislation

18. According to EU legislative alignment; “Protection of Water Against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution Bylaw” that corresponds to Nitrates Directive 91/696 EEC, came into force with the Official Gazette dated February 18,2004 numbered 25377. ADAPTING NITRATES DIRECTIVE

19. Application of Nitrates Directive in Turkey Project “Application of Nitrates Directive in Turkey Project”, had been prepared in order to assist application of Nitrates Directive, that was financed within MATRA program of Holland Government; launched in January 2005 and finalized in December 2006.

20. Results of Application of Nitrates Directive in Turkey Project

21. Nitrate (surface waters / ground waters) monitoring sampling stations

22. Average nitrate values for surface waters in 2005-2006

23. Max nitrate values for surface waters in 2005-2006

24. Average of average nitrate values of surface waters

25. Average of max nitrate values of surface waters

26. Nitrate Concentration in surface waters (% station)

27. Average nitrate values of ground waters in 2005-2006

28. Max nitrate values of ground waters in 2005-2006

29. Average of Max nitrate values for ground waters in 2005-2006

30. Ground water concentration in stations (% station)

31. Application Plan Document for Turkey Framework Document for Good Agricultural Practices Sampling – Analysis Guide Eutrophication Guide Application of Nitrates Directive in Turkey Project Documentation

32. Results of Nitrates Directive Application (I) • In consideration of year 2005, Nitrate monitoring has been carried out in 548 groundwater, 1026 surface water sampling stations. • The application will take a long time because of the climate diversity and area variety and wide and different agricultural applications such as in Turkey. • Pollution sourced from excess use of chemical fertilizers and manure is not widespread in national level but the pollution decreases on specific areas.

33. Results of Nitrates Directive Application (II) • Generally, irrigated areas are the potential nitrate pollution areas, • There are manure storage – usage problems iin the areas where intensive cattle and winged animal stockbreeding exist.

34. Technical Assistance and Twinning Project • Implementation of Nitrate Directive in Turkey Project which is capacity strengthening oriented had been accepted in order to provide application of “Protection of Waters Against Nitrate Pollution By Law” to be supported by EU Pre Accession Financial Assistance.

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