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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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