Yildiz Bitkisel Urunler is the largest commodity trading company in Turkey with $1B in sales and $500M in exports annually. Having successfully designed a smaller scale 200ha project for one of their farms in the north of Turkey in 2018, Rivulis was commissioned to trial a drip irrigation system on 600ha of Sugar Beet on their Alpaslan farm in Mus.
In addition to its remote and difficult geography, the field trial was installed in difficult weather, and with low quality and inexperienced local labor. However with Rivulis’ intensive support, 600ha of infrastructure and 350ha of infield network installation was achieved in just 120 days.
Together with project partner Teknotar, Rivulis is providing 24/7 irrigation support with daily training sessions on-farm, while our agronomy and technology teams visit the farm frequently to ensure the most benefit is being extracted from the system.
Rivulis also helped Yildiz Bitkisel Urunler apply for a government support programme and a long term loan from AgriBank of Turkey, as well as putting together a Rivulis financial solution tailored specifically for them, all of which encouraged the client to make the investment.
Director of Agriculture at the farm, Mr Burhan, speaks in glowing term about the support provided by Rivulis. “Without Rivulis’ understanding, project execution capability, 24/7 technical support and financial solution, this project could not have been executed.”
For Rivulis Sales Manager, Umut Celik, it was always considering “what would we do?” that made the difference. “This way of thinking led us to be a member of their team most of the time, which brings success in our daily and long-term relationships.”
