Creation of Training and Experience Sharing on Online Platform to Improve Quality and Productivity for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Sector Erasmus Project

Project Title

Creation of Training and Experience Sharing on Online Platform to Improve Quality and Productivity for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Sector

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Quality Assurance

Project Summary

The main output within the scope of our project, which aims to identify and disseminate good practices in fresh fruits and vegetables sector, and to create a training and experience sharing environment; It is the creation of an innovative digital web-based online training and experience sharing platform that meets the needs of farmers, technical staff, researchers, academics, students of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector or those who want to do this job in the EU countries.

The target group of the project is; farmers, agricultural engineers and technicians, academicians, students, entrepreneurs, fresh fruit and vegetable processing companies, logistics companies. Expected outputs of the project are increase in quality, decrease in production costs, decrease in residues, increase in yield, increase in fresh fruit and vegetable trade between Turkey and European countries in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector.

Within the scope of the project preparation activity carried out in this context, the project team was determined, the opening meeting was held in Mersin, and the www.freshonline.org online training and experience sharing platform was prepared with the recommendations received through field analysis studies and one-on-one meetings with the project partners. With the activation of the online platform, the content of the trip that will be organized in Italy for the purpose of sharing education and experience was prepared in consultation with all partners. After the determination of the sector representatives planned to participate in the training activity, a pre-travel briefing was held. Passport and visa procedures have been started.

However, due to the global pandemic, the trip was necessarily postponed. Due to reasons of international travel restrictions for a certain period, restriction of face-to face training and meetings, flexible working in public sector, entry restrictions and quarantine regulations etc., training activities could not be organized. Closing meeting also was not held due to the global pandemic.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 5512,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

MERSIN TICARET VE SANAYI ODASI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• DIGITALGREEN s.r.l.
• Science4Life
• Türkisch-Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer e.V.
• Tarsus Ticaret ve Sanayi Odasi