It is planned to start an on the job training center in Historical Adana Konak (Mansion) which is managed by the External Relations Directorate of the Metropolitan Municipality of Seyhan Town. The activity includes training of local cooks, culinary workshops, promotion of local culinary culture. It also aims to encourage increasing the female employment in gastronomy and certification programs. Especially the Adana Kebab which is very important for Adana is planned to be taught to participants by expert cooks.
It is planned to start an on the job training center in Historical Adana Konak (Mansion) which is managed by the External Relations Directorate of the Metropolitan Municipality of Seyhan Town. The activity includes training of local cooks, culinary workshops, promotion of local culinary culture. It also aims to encourage increasing the female employment in gastronomy and certification programs. Especially the Adana Kebab which is very important for Adana is planned to be taught to participants by expert cooks.
In this context, it is planned to give weight on the following fields of activity:
In this context, it is planned to give weight on the following fields of activity:
Training on Adana kitchen,
Training on Turkish kitchen,
Training on Turkish kitchen,
Training on professional food and beverage management,
Taste workshops.
Adana Gastronomy Center will work in cooperation with Food Design and Innovation Center. This is a new technological application of food design and design of homemade food under the light of science. Targeting for new era chefs and cooks, various applications and training courses will be organized.
These training courses include the following fields:
Procedures, methods and fields where the products are processed, distributed and consumed,
Equipment and tools to prepare and consume the food,
Communications and related activities carried out for the promotion of food products.
In Maltepe District (village) of Sarıçam town of Adana, with the support of Adana Metropolitan Municipality permacultural (permanent agricultural) and organic farms were established to train expert farmers to produce healthy food and to use digital technology for more effective production. Female farmers’ cooperatives will be founded to protect the benefits of small-scale food producers and to provide a role model in this field. The main target is to protect the rights of the small-scale farmers and to increase the taste of better and cleaner products and to promote these products. Additionally, this village will be used as a sample field to apply for Smart Farmer e-Learning Platform.
Slow Food Project aims to gather economical, environmental and social sustainability together as well as increasing the value-adding capacity of the local actors to the intangible inheritance. In context of the project, an area of 5 hectares in Maltepe village will be used. Veteran farmers will be trained for permaculture and organic farming practices, and smart e-agriculture. Female farmers cooperatives will support this farm. Marketing and commercialization courses will be given in female cooperatives.
Industrial Site projects planned under the cooperation of related public institutions and private sector throughout Adana are expected to provide strong contribution to sustainable urban development of Adana. With realization of these projects valuable and unique produces will be grown for foreign markets. This also will be useful in employment of farmers and workers. In this context, projects intensified on subjects like high tech production, quality control, training of qualified personnel, controlling, organization and marketing.
Projects planned are listed below:
Adana Agriculture-Based Specialty (Greenhouses) Organized Industrial Site Project:
In Adana, where the main sector is agriculture, traditional methods are being used. In a modern approach, it was calculated that agricultural productivity can be increased by 10 times. In order to increase the competitive capacity of Adana using an innovative approach, procedures to establish Adana Specialized Organized Industrial Site was completed and the site has been registered to OSB (Organized Industrial Sites). Engineering and construction works are currently underway and it was planned to put the business into operation in one year. In context of the project, in Bebeli District of Karataş town of Adana modern greenhouses will be installed by the establishments for which site selection was provided in an OSB on a land of 3.200 decares. Modern technologies such as soilless agriculture, vertical agriculture will be conducted in the area. Approximately 2000 people will be employed for the project. There is a heavy demand to participate in the project. After the completion of infrastructure and engineering works, site will be allocated among the companies.
Adana Agriculture-Based Specialty Water Products Organized Industrial Site Project:
Adana has a rich potential of water products. Along the coastline, in lagoons and in freshwater resources water products are being produced using traditional methods. However, the current production rate is far from the expected capacity. In this context, in order to produce and process water products using modern and innovative methods, in Adali District of Karataş town of Adana, Adana Agriculture-Based Specialty Water Products Organized Industrial Site was planned on an area of 6.500 decares. The project has been approved by the Ministry. During the project, controlled field fishery in soil ponds under man-control will be realized. Together with the side industries, an employment for 2000 persons will be provided. The products grown and processed will be sold in domestic and foreign markets.
Site Selection Project for Adana Cage Fish Farming:
Adana has a great potential for cage fish farming. In order to transfer the existing potential to production, site selection studies were initiated for cage fish farming in Yumurtalık town by Adana Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry for a capacity of 50.000 tons. In context of this project, added value more than 2 billion TL will be created for the investors, and the project areas defined will be given for their use for the purpose of the project. Other than the employment provided by this project, it is planned to increase the production of the water products by 373% with cage fish farming.
Adana Food Specialty Organized Industrial Site:
Adana has a great potential for producing water products, fishery and chicken meat. At the same time the city is located at the center of the grains, legumes and oil seeds. In addition to these capacities, Adana has a great production potential for citrus fruits, fresh fruit and vegetables. However, the facilities that produce and process food products have been scattered in the city. While the situation increases the cost of management such as logistics, storing, processing, machinery park, it also affects the collective working and cooperation possibilities in a negative manner. In order to increase productivity and capacity by aggregation model, a Food Specialty Organized Industrial Site (OSB) project was initiated. This industrial site which will be installed by advanced technology infrastructure will serve all the food sectors in Adana. All the stages from production to marketing and reaching down to the consumer will be implemented from this site. Akdeniz Exporters Association has been planning the site on an area of 2.210 decares in Sarıçam - Göztepe region. The project is underway.
Adana Development Project for Rural – Disadvantaged Regions:
In order to increase welfare and resistivity of the small-scale farmers living in higher elevation in the region, Development Project for Rural-Disadvantaged Regions project was initiated. During the project, studies to support the farmers living in disadvantaged, higher regions (600 m or more) regions compared to the plains will be realized. In this context, besides the individual infrastructure investments, project activities such as slaughterhouses, meat-packing facilities, animal market, cold storage, local markets, roads to meadows, etc. will be realized to provide advantages for these farmers to increase their competitional powers.
Adana Agriculture-Based Specialty Stock-Milk Organized Industrial Site Project:
In order to transform the stock raising potential of the region to investment and production and to increase the welfare of the region in this context, in İsali District of Ceyhan town of Adana an Agricultural-Based Specialty Stock-Milk Organized Industrial Site project was planned on a land of 1.874 decares. In context of the project stock barns for 50.000 stock animals and milk-cow barns for 25.000 cows will be installed. The project aims to increase the production throughout the region and in Ceyhan as well as decreasing the housing pressure in agricultural lands.
Adana is a city of festivals, home of the kebab and city of healthy vegetable dishes inherited from many civilizations. Adana International Gastronomy Festival and Mediterranean Kitchen Assembly which will be combined with Adana Festival of Taste will provide a professional touch to the existing gastronomy culture.
During the festival, gastronomic shows will be organized by UCCN chefs and famous names. In Mediterranean Kitchen Assembly, on the other hand, different themes of the gastronomy which is a driving force in urban development related with the 2030 BM Sustainable Development Targets, will be studied and good practices will be shared. Workshops, contests, promotions and other creative industrial activities will be organized and exchange of experience will be realized. The aim is to provide intercultural interaction and to promote the kitchen of the member countries.
A Smart Farmer e-Learning Platform project will be realized with the contributions of Adana Governorship, Adana Metropolitan Municipality, Çukurova University and related NGOs. During the project, the farmers in Adana will be trained by using the smart learning modules. Also, their farming practices will regularly be recorded and noted as a result of the training.
Among the training materials and fields directed to the farmers for management of the their facilities and farms, during the training which will be given by experts in their fields, the followings can be listed: planning and marketing of the smart organic agricultural food, organic agricultural applications, quality schemes, city gardeners, environmental trainings, sustainable agriculture and food systems, smart farmer and farm digital platform application, introduction to production of compost, greenhouse techniques, production of alcoholic beverages and vinegar, eco-agriculture, etc. Syrian refugees will also be trained in this platform for integration. Additionally, this platform will be used as pilot project and will create possibilities for direct exchange programs with the other UCCN gastronomy cities of the world. The best practices obtained as result of the training studies and applications will be supported for industrial promotion and commercialization.
Formation of an aggregation which is planned in any sector requiring specialization is very important to reach the economical and social targets, creating and spreading innovations and to distribute broad-based income and welfare. It is very important that the gastronomy dynamics and the experts in the city will come together by the efforts of the stakeholders related with gastronomy in Adana.
Especially the aggregation that will be formed under the theme of Mediterranean kitchen will positively affect the regional and local economy. The fact that the other cities in Mediterranean region are a part of this structure will result in a regional development by way of an international common target in the field of gastronomy. By the aggregation with the Mediterranean kitchen theme, it is aimed to conduct joint studies using the aggregation bonds between the cities in Mediterranean geography and the gastronomy culture.
