Leonardo Safer Project

In Turkey, the number of accidents at work in the agricultural sector is second only to the construction sector. This incidence is motivated by a low level of education and training of workers. While in other sectors the process of harmonization of the Turkish regulatory with European legislation already offers significant results, the progress in the agricultural sector has slowed down especially in small family businesses due to limiting socio-economic factors (marked seasonality of work, illiteracy). The most pressing problem concerns the safe use of agricultural machinery and technical equipments, particularry pesticides.

The project partnership consists, in addition to ENAMA, by Turkish and Spanish Institutions and Bodies:
- Turkish University of Samsun - Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Mechanics (Ondokuz Mayis University- Ziraat Fakültesi, Tarım Makinaları Bölümü);
- Turkish University of Ankara - Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Mechanics (Ankara Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi, Tarım Makinaları Bölümü);
- The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture with the two offices PERMEM (training) and TÜGEM (good agricultural practices);
- The Turkish association of manufacturers and dealers of agricultural machinery and equipment (TARMAKBIR : Türk Tarım Alet ve Makineleri IIalatçıları Birliği);
- The Union of Turkish Chamber of Agriculture (TZOB), the Spanish agri-food trade union (Federacion Agroalimentaria de Comisiones Obreras);
- The Spanish consultancy company active in the implementation of European projects, Asesoria Declerq SL Estudios Europeos;
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