​A cool-season cereal traveling workshop was held in Turkey on 2-6 June, 2014. The aims of the workshop were to monitor and evaluate the research projects and demonstrations on variety development, agronomy, and pest and disease management, as well as foundation seed production in cool season cereals carried out in the regional research institutes under the administration of General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (GDARP ). Additionally, the traveling workshop aimed at improving coordination and collaboration among the research institutes and, overseeing the research studies on-site.
The participants visited the GAP International Agricultural Research and Training Center in Diyarbakır, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institution in Konya, Ceylanpınar (Şanlıurfa), Gözlü (Konya) and Polatlı (Ankara) branches of the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises of Turkey.
The traveling workshop was led by Dr. Semra ACER from GDARP. Researchers from the Soil Products Office of Turkey, Directorate of Plant Production, Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperatives, General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises, Turkish Atomic Energy Commission, and additional agricultural research institutions across Turkey participated in the workshop.
Researchers from the Central Research Institute for Field Crops participated in the workshop, including Dr. Selami YAZAR, head of the wheat breeding unit, Namuk ERGÜN (M.Sc.) from the Barley Breeding unit, Dr. Fatma ŞENGÜL from the Department of Agronomy, Neşe KESKiN (M.Sc.) from the Department of Plant Pest and Disease Resistance, and Oğuz ACAR (M.Sc.) from the Department of Quality Assessment and Food.