The food crisis is on its way to becoming one of the main problems, the prevalence of which is increasing all over the world. The food problem deepened by wrong and inefficient agricultural practices; It brings with it new production models and searches such as “fine agriculture”, “sustainable agriculture”, “permanent agriculture”. Permaculture, on the other hand, brings these models together and stands out as one of the most effective agricultural models. The purpose of permaculture, which is based on the continuation of agricultural production in smaller and self-sufficient areas by creating a sustainable ecosystem, to create easy-to-maintain, stable and self-sufficient production areas by bringing plants, animals and people together in nature.

Near East University Faculty of Agriculture, on the one hand, carries out scientific research on permaculture practices that will shape the agricultural production of the future, while continuing to work on informing agricultural producers. The “Urban Agricultural Practices from a Permaculture Perspective” seminar, held online by the Landscape Architecture Department of the Graduate Education Institute in collaboration with E-Study Box, was met with great interest.

Agricultural practices will become widespread in the city
Landscape architect and permaculture designer Dilek Yürük made a presentation at the seminar, emphasizing that the importance of agricultural practices in the city has increased with the impact of agricultural systems that are negatively affected by global warming and climate change, and examples of permaculture practices that can be made with holistic and sustainable approaches were given.

The seminar was attended by the Dean of the Near East University Faculty of Agriculture, faculty members, students and landscape architects from the private sector, and was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buket Asilsoy.

Stating that permaculture practices have the potential to increase productivity and sustainability in agricultural production, as well as to change the designs of modern settlements, Near East University Faculty of Agriculture Dean Prof. Dr. Özge Özden said that they will continue to work on permaculture applications.