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Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM) is a research institute within the scope of the organization of Agricultural Research and Policy under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. BATEM serves to the Turkish agriculture with the strength of a rich research experience and professional staff since 1933. Our area of responsibility as a public research institution is in Western Mediterranean Coast Provinces. Furthermore, on citrus fruits and vegetables, which are our expertise areas, we serve the entire country. BATEM conducts researches in breeding and agronomy, plant health, tissue culture, molecular biology, irrigation, food technology, plant nutrition, post-harvest physiology and agricultural economic on vegetables, fruits, ornamental plants, field crops, and medicinal and aromatic plants which consist more than 30 species. BATEM is a source of information for agricultural engineers who work for Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, local farmers, and private organizations and companies. BATEM carries out a lot of agricultural research projects from past to present with the purpose of developing the knowledge and technologies on agriculture, and increase the contribution of agriculture in the national economy.
Our mission and targets are;
- Developing fruit, vegetable, ornamental plant, industrial plant, cereal, oily seed and forage crop in terms of high yield, quality, resistance to pests and diseases, harmful and adverse environmental conditions,
- Conducting researches in developing methodologies and technologies about the growing techniques, plant health, plant nutrition, agricultural irrigation and crop preservation,
- Conducting researches on agricultural crops as a food product for processability,
- Investigation of the socio-economic structure of the agricultural sector, determination and creating solution of problems about the agricultural policies,
- Cooperation with the national and international institutions through sharing information and being partnership of the projects,
- Contribution for the development of agriculture sector with research studies and creating solutions,
- Being an international research institute with high respectability and institutional reliability.
There are 88 agricultural engineers, 4 food engineers, 2 chemical engineers, 2 chemists, 6 biologists, 22 technicians, 4 laboratory assistants, 38 officers and 115 workers within the Institute. 28.2 % of the technical staff have PhD, 47.6% MSc and 24.2% BSc. 2,856 da open field area and 41,008 m2 greenhouse area belong to the BATEM. Moreover, there are Plant Health Laboratory, Plant, Soil, Fertilizer and Water Analysis Laboratory, Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Central Research Laboratory. The study departments of BATEM are Plant Health Department, Food Technology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Fruit Department, Vegetable and Ornamental Plants Department, Agricultural Economics Department, Field Crops Department, Soil and Water Resources Department, Production and Operations Department.

The breeding studies concentrated on developing qualified lines and half-way materials, developing open pollinated and hybrid cultivars, resistance to biotic and abiotic stress conditions and rootstock breeding. The research projects are financed by General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and university fund. Also, BATEM collaborates with private seed sector under several breeding projects. Furthermore, BATEM developed many vegetable, fruits and corn varieties which are used by farmers, seed companies and big producers. In addition, BATEM has a significant experience on EU projects. ECOZEO project was completed successfully within the scope of FP6. Furthermore, we are a partner of the G2P-SOL project within the scope of Horizon 2020.

Adaptation of agriculture to climate change
Sustainable, integrated water management
Irrigation technologies and practices
Use of alternative water resources