TZOB: The salary of foreign shepherds increased to 20 thousand lire

Since the farmer had difficulty finding local herdsmen, he was meeting his needs with foreign workers, especially Afghans, but recently the increase in foreign herdsmen’s wages began to strain the producers.

Şemsi Bayraktar, president of the Turkish Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB), said: “There are no more foreign herders or farm workers working for the minimum wage. The salaries of foreign herders also increased to 20 thousand lire. There are even those who do not work at this price, ”he said.

Bayraktar, in addition to the salary of foreign herdsmen, food, drink, clothing, housing, etc. “Additional costs are also covered,” she said.

‘THEY ARE ORGANIZED AND RAISING THE PRICE’

Pointing out that most of the shepherds who work in livestock companies are foreigners, this brings problems. They say that if they don’t get paid the salary they want, they won’t go to work”.

“The problem doesn’t end there,” Bayraktar said, “after working in a business for a certain period of time, when they find another better job opportunity in the city, they leave the job and go to the cities. As our producers don’t they can employ these people for a long time, they have to look for new herders and become victims. Our producers, who are disturbed by this situation, are waiting for the problem to be resolved.”

‘SOLUTION: INCENTIVES TO DRIVE YOUTH INTO AGRICULTURE’

Emphasizing that incentives should be given to guide youth into agriculture for this reason, Bayraktar made the following demands regarding this issue:

“SGK premiums should be covered by the state. With these costs, not foreigners, but our youth must work. In this situation, we have no choice but to keep the youth in agriculture. We have to find ways to attract young people to agriculture.”

THE NUMBER OF FARMERS REGISTERED IN SGK DECREASED BELOW 500 THOUSAND

On the other hand, Bayraktar also made statements about the problems of producers related to BAĞ-KUR agriculture, what should be done and how to encourage young people to agriculture.

Stating that the farmer continues to look for solutions to the problems related to BAĞ-KUR agricultural premiums, pensions and social security, Bayraktar said: “As the premium debts that our growers are still paying, they have difficulty paying them.”

“The number of farmers registered with Social Security, which exceeded one million, fell below 500,000.Bayraktar said: “Due to the high premiums, our farmers registered with the Social Security Institution are declining. Since the premiums are so high, our farmers cannot and will not be able to pay with these high premiums. This number will decrease further and informality in agriculture will increase.” he said.

‘SGK PREMIUMS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO PAYABLE LEVEL’

Bayraktar said while other insured people can retire by paying premiums for 7,200 days or 20 years, producers can retire by paying premiums for 9,000 days or 25 years.

“This unfairness must be eliminated and the number of premium payment days reduced. SSI premiums must be reduced to a more reasonable and payable level.

Our farmers who stop paying premiums by certifying that their income is low with an exemption certificate must be debited for the exemption period.

Our farmers whose BAĞ-KUR agricultural premiums have been stopped must be included in the scope of revival through structuring.

The administrative fines imposed on the Chambers of Agriculture for the procedural deficiencies that arise during the withdrawal requests of our producers must be amnestied. Our farmers must be compensated for their losses in this regard.”

YOUNG FARMERS INSURANCE PREMIUM APPLICATION

Bayraktar, who also demanded that young farmers’ insurance premiums be covered by the state for a time, continued as follows:

“Our growers expect government support to cover the insurance premiums of our young farmers and solve other problems. While production costs rise, producers who cannot increase their income at the same rate find themselves deprived of production. Our producers have difficulties paying their workers’ BAĞ-KUR insurance premiums, which have increased in recent years.

It is necessary to promote practices to take measures that keep the young population in the field. If this is done, Turkish workers will replace foreign workers and contribute to agricultural production. It will also be possible to reduce unemployment.”