25/12/2024

Seven years ago, we started this initiative with two female colleagues. Initially, we produced eight types of fruit jams and later expanded into making tomato sauce. At first, we sourced tomatoes from the market but soon decided to grow our own. We acquired 50 hectares of land and began cultivating tomatoes to achieve this. Afterward, we diversified into producing tomato paste and drying some harvests. Our products were then exported to Turkey and European markets.

What started as a small project seven years ago has now grown to encompass 30,000 hectares. Currently, we collaborate with 12 women’s teams, each comprising 35 women. Many of these women, who previously worked as transhumants and commuted to large cities in Turkey, are now cultivating and harvesting crops on their own land.