Our social responsibility project named "HAZELNUT SCHOOL", which we started with the slogan "EDUCATION FOR CHANGE, WOMEN FOR HAZELNUT", which will be carried out in cooperation with Hazelnut Research Institute (FAE) and Yavuz Gida, started with the opening program.

In the first phase of our project, 50 women farmers from 2 villages in Giresun and 1 village in Ordu were trained on hazelnut agriculture and social issues. During the project, it is planned to provide applied agricultural and social trainings to the women farmers included in the program throughout the year based on the hazelnut agricultural calendar.

Within the scope of the project, it is aimed to strengthen the position of women in cooperation with agricultural organizations, who make conscious production, follow agricultural developments, fulfill the requirements of modern production, and are both practitioners and decision makers in their environment, exemplary, strong and at the same time role models for their environment and families.

Project Objective
This project, carried out in cooperation with Hazelnut Research Institute and Yavuz Gida, aims to strengthen the position of women in cooperation with agricultural organizations, who are conscious producers, follow agricultural developments, fulfill the requirements of modern production and are both practitioners and decision makers in their environment, exemplary, strong and at the same time role models for their environment and families.

Project Activities
Before the project, the problems of the farmers will be determined by analyzes and in line with the agricultural calendar in hazelnut starting from August 2019 until September 2020; In line with the agricultural calendar in hazelnut, starting from August 2019 until September 2020; chemical fertilizer and barnyard manure application and lime application, integrated pest management, mechanical and chemical control against diseases and pests, weed control, root shoot cleaning and pruning, sampling for leaf and soil analysis, harvesting and threshing, drying, product evaluation will be explained theoretically by subject expert researchers and will be shown practically in the garden of the Institute under the supervision of experts. In addition, each application taught will be practiced by all trainees in 5 demonstration areas. The training schedule will be determined specifically for the applications, and the trainees will be subjected to theoretical and practical training during the lesson hours to be deemed appropriate by the subject experts. During the project, technical visits will be organized to integrated hazelnut facilities and sample gardens; meetings, panels and agricultural fairs in the region will be attended, and women farmers who successfully complete the training will be given Hazelnut Cultivation certificates. In addition to agricultural trainings, "Social Practices Training" will also be provided to the women farmers included in the program during the project.