AN ASSESSMENT ON THE PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT AGENCY (ARDSI): THE CASE OF ŞANLIURFA

Abstract

Since the establishment of the Republic in Turkey, many practices have been implemented for the development of rural areas. These applications; example village, community development, central village, agricultural cities, village city etc. possible to sort. Over time, some institutions were established in Turkey to implement similar practices. One of these is the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI), which directly contributes to the realization of rural development within the framework of Turkey's harmonization process with the European Union towards the middle of the 2000s. The institution was established in Turkey in 2007 with the law numbered 5648 and started its activities. In the province of Şanlıurfa, on the other hand, since 2011, it has implemented its studies (projects) for rural development. The number of projects carried out by ARDSI in the province between 2011-2022 is 556. It is seen that the sector with the highest number of projects in the study area is the livestock sector with 288 projects. This in order; agriculture (162), industry (85), tourism (10), food (8) and service (3) sectors. The aim of this study, in which the sectoral distribution of the projects is handled separately, is to determine the spatial distribution of the projects implemented by ARDSI in the province of Şanlıurfa, as well as to examine the effects of these projects on rural development.