BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD BUSINESS PLATFORM

Boğaziçi University Innovative Agriculture and Food Business Platform aims to contribute to the accumulation of knowledge that will improve the innovation capabilities of the Turkish agriculture and food sector, support the technology integration and digital transformation of the agriculture sector, and increase its competitiveness in national and global agriculture and food markets. The main objectives of the Platform are to encourage vertical and horizontal connections between sector stakeholders, to support the relationships between them and to facilitate the entry of new organisations into the sector.

Faced with productivity and market pressures across the world, "new agriculture and food sectors" need new tools to maintain their competitiveness and increase their innovation capacity. With this aim in mind, the Platform aims to encourage and develop joint action by producers and producer associations, agricultural enterprises, NGOs, financial institutions, logistics companies, consultancy companies, information and communication technology companies, universities, research institutions, local governments, public institutions and other institutions serving the sector, which are engaged in interrelated activities along the value chain in the Turkish agriculture and food sectors.

The Platform is very important for large-scale enterprises as well as producer associations, as it aims for higher efficiency and market-oriented and more value-added production. The Platform adds value not only to increase efficiency and effectiveness for the aforementioned objectives, but also to consumer demand-oriented production, which is at least as important as these objectives and is becoming more important day by day, and to realise this production in an ecological and sustainable manner. As a result, it aims to ensure that the stakeholders in the value chain are successful not only locally but also in the global agricultural value chain where competition is intense.

Who Are We?

Aslı Deniz Helvacıoğlu

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslı Deniz Helvacıoğlu is the Director of Boğaziçi University Innovation and Competitiveness Driven Development Studies Application and Research Centre & a faculty member at the Department of International Trade.

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Orhan Erem Ateşağaoğlu

Prof. Dr. Orhan Erem Ateşağaoğlu is a faculty member at Sabancı University, Faculty of Management Sciences. Dr Ateşağaoğlu is an Assistant Professor at Marmara University, Department of Industrial Engineering...

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Barış Karapınar

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Karapınar graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Politics and International Relations and received his PhD in Development Studies from the London School of Economics. He is currently working part-time at Boğaziçi University...

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Gökhan Özertan

Prof. Dr. Gökhan Özertan received his bachelor's degree in Economics from Boğaziçi University and his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University in 2001. From the same year...

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Arzu Tektaş

Prof. Dr. Arzu Tektaş holds a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering and a PhD degree in Business Administration from Boğaziçi University and currently teaches at the Department of International Trade, Boğaziçi University.

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University Access to Local Farmers and Food Producers

Boğaziçi University aims to develop sustainable agricultural practices and provide digital transformation to the sector by collaborating with local farmers and food producers. In this context, the university develops projects that will benefit local producers by utilising its technological infrastructure and know-how.

With the Digital Adventure of Cotton Project, a digital production model supported by the Internet of Things (IoT) is being developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Technology, Boğaziçi University, Harran University and the GAP Regional Development Administration. The main objective of the project is to increase resource efficiency and productivity for sustainable production in the cotton production value chain in the GAP Region.

For detailed information, please click here:

https://www.dijitalpamuk.com/

The AGRICOMPET Project, with the support of the European Union PRIMA fund and TÜBİTAK, offers a menu of solutions for small producers to increase agricultural competitiveness in Mediterranean countries. The project focuses on the challenges faced by producers in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Turkey, analysing successful practices and developing adaptable solutions in the sector.

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https://haberler.bogazici.edu.tr/tr/news/bilim/4/turkiyede-tarim-sektorundeki-kooperatiflerin-/2804

Thanks to the partnerships established by Boğaziçi University through these projects, the university's laboratory, technology and information infrastructure is a resource for sustainable agricultural practices developed for local agriculture and food sector stakeholders. Through these collaborations, farmers and food producers are connected with the university, and farmers and food producers have the opportunity to better understand modern agricultural practices and adapt to sustainable and efficient production processes.