Bio-diversity

There is some reference to Allium tuncelianum as the ancestor of common garlic. This special plant is endemic to Tunceli and is mostly consumed locally. However, it is a wild plant and it is uprooted for consumption endangering its continuity in nature. It is not yet known whether it can be cultivated or not. The project to be prepared will look into this and if that is possible it will try to generate an extra, if not alternative income opportunity to farmers that normally do the uprooting. The Grantee initially submitted a project proposal to NSC. NSC decided that the project activities needed to be clarified and project must be considered in two separate phases the total allocation not exceeding 50,000 USD. The planning grant will be used to detail and clarify project activities which entail research for cultivation conditions of the plant as well as the market availability, size and feasibility of the project.

Turkey