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this is very important. We demo our
                                                                                                                                                              future plans with our R&D studies at
                                                                                                                                                              least 1 year in advance.                      Aytekin Sera
                                                                                                                                                              Problems are a must in production,
                                                                                                                                                              but in order to overcome and                our story with
                                                                                                                                                              minimize these problems, we will               50 years ago
                                                                                                                                                              continue our R&D activities, gain new
                                                                                                                                                              experiences and continue on our way.          It has begun.

                                                                                                                                                               If you evaluate our country in
                                                                                                                                                               terms of greenhouse cultivation,   How  did your story  with  Aytekin
                                                                                                                                                               how do you see the situation? Can   Sera begin and how does it
                                                                                                                                                               we say that modern greenhouse    continue?
                                                                                                                                                               cultivation  is  widespread  in  our   Our story with Aytekin Sera started
                                                                                                                                                               country?                        50 years ago. Aytekin Sera is a partner
                                                                                                                                                              Our country is literally an agricultural   that every greenhouse grower should
                                                                                                                                                              country,  a  producing  country.  work with, where we can always
                                                                                                                                                              Greenhouse cultivation has increased   take our business one step further
                                                                                                                                                              considerably in recent years, but   with the exchange of knowledge
                                                                                                                                                              unfortunately our position in the   and experience. We are happy that
                                                                                                                                                              world is not where it belongs due to   we can proceed safely from the
                                                                                                                                                              an unplanned production model.   beginning to the end of each project
                                                                                                                                                              Although   modern    greenhouse  with the right and quality product
                                                                                                                                                              farming seems to be quite common,   and most importantly, we can put a
                                                                                                                                                              I think that it should become more   perfect point on each project with the
                                                                                                                                                              widespread in our country in order   assurance of Aytekin Sera.
                                                                                                                                                              to have a say in the world in terms   Can you give information about
        DELIL                                                                                                                                                 of the suitability of both climate and   the  projects  and  investments  you
                                                                                                                                                              production conditions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                have realized recently?
                                                                                                                                                              How did you get through the      Recently, we have modernized
        TARIM                                                                                                                                                 pandemic?                        our  own  production  areas  as
                                                                                                                                                               The pandemic process negatively   much as possible and switched to
                                                                                                                                                               affected our country as it affected   more professional production. By
                                                                                                                                                              the whole world. As our sector is   innovating in all the infrastructure
        Can you briefly give information about Delil Tarım?   is an incredible feeling to be able to create something out of                                  a production sector, we did not   and  superstructures  of  our
          Delil Tarım has been engaged in greenhouse production   nothing. It is a way of life for us both to be happy with what       Caner DELİL            stop, we continued our work with   greenhouses, we have taken the right
          with a wide range of products for 50 years. The greenhouses   we do and to earn economically. I think greenhouse farming                            special permits. But of course, we   steps by developing almost all of our
        used in production are specific to the product produced and   is one of the most important sectors in the future as it was                Delil Tarım  had a very difficult pandemic period   production with automation systems
        have great experience with many products and production   in the past and today. People have to eat and these foods            Chairman of the Board   because market conditions were not   and providing less labor. All this has
        methods. For the last 15 years, Delil Tarım has been serving   have to be produced. The ever-changing world and climate                               normal. This period reminded us   contributed a lot to us in terms of
        as an agricultural market where it sells all the materials   conditions  make  greenhouse  cultivation more important.                                how important our profession is for   efficiency and quality. •
        necessary for production rather than production.   Producing under difficult conditions, in different climatic                                        humanity.
                                                           conditions, by providing a suitable environment for plants
        Can we get to know you briefly?                    will always be in our lives.
          I am Caner DELİL. I graduated from
          Süleyman Demirel University, Department of                    What is your view on R&D in greenhouse
        Agricultural Engineering and started my active                  farming?
        duty as the second generation. It has always                  We learn new things every day in greenhouse
        been an advantage for me to be in the sector                  farming. For the 50 years we have been
        since my childhood and to love this profession                in existence, we have always allocated a
        in a real sense. I am 39 years old, married and               certain area to R&D. Therefore, thanks to the
        father of two children.                                       accumulated knowledge and experience, we
                                                                      adapt easily to changing conditions and try to
        What does greenhouse farming mean to you?                     choose the best way for production. In addition
          Greenhouse cultivation is a field I have been               to the existing studies, you should definitely
          involved in for as long as I can remember. It               have an R&D work area and the continuity of
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