About Us
A union devoted to the land and the producer
Üreticiyi bir araya getiren, tarımsal üretimi güçlendiren ve kırsal kalkınmaya değer katan bir kooperatifiz.
S.S. Yeşilova Beldesi Agricultural Development Cooperative is a producer organisation born of the real needs seen in the field. The agricultural development work carried out in Yeşilova and the surrounding production areas — and the milk cold-chain work in particular — has shown that issues such as quality in production, technical infrastructure, input supply, product collection, market access and coordination are not independent of one another. This process made visible the need for a strong, sustainable local institution capable of producing solutions to the problems producers struggle to solve on their own.
Our cooperative was founded in response to this need. Our aim is not merely to gather producers under one roof; it is to build a sustainable working model that plans our members' production and needs together, acts jointly on inputs, improves quality and traceability, eases access to technical knowledge, protects the value of products and strengthens the producer's hand in reaching the market. Valuing cooperation with public institutions, universities, the private sector and other stakeholders, we aim to develop a transparent, participatory, measurable cooperative that delivers results in the field.
Our Mission
Our mission is to produce joint solutions to our producers' shared needs and problems, to make the processes from production to market more planned, efficient and reliable, and to strengthen our members' economic power. To this end, we act together in production and needs planning, joint input supply, training and technical support, quality and traceability, the cold chain, marketing and institutional partnerships — building a transparent, participatory and sustainable cooperative structure.
Our Vision
Starting from Yeşilova, to be a strong agricultural development cooperative that grows the producer's power through shared wisdom; that manages every process from production to market in a planned, transparent and data-driven way; and that stands as a model in Eastern Anatolia and an example across Türkiye.
Our Values
These principles lie at the heart of everything we do.
Self-Help
Members producing joint solutions to their own economic and social needs.
Self-Responsibility
Every member taking responsibility for the cooperative's success and sustainability.
Democracy
The cooperative being governed by the will of its members, in a participatory and democratic way.
Equality
Every member having equal rights and an equal say within the cooperative.
Equity
The opportunities and benefits the cooperative provides being shared according to fair principles.
Solidarity
Members also caring for one another's development and that of the community they live in.
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Founding Members
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Functional Working Groups
2,264
Population
1,460
Cattle Stock
783
Milking Animals
17,643
Decares of Cultivated Land
Our Team
Our Board of Directors
A team devoted to our cooperative and standing alongside the producer.
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Our Structure
Our Working Groups
Our working groups were established to strengthen the cooperative's institutional capacity, to regularly monitor the production and service needs of members, to develop marketing and digitalisation capacity, and to make the sharing of responsibilities a lasting practice.
Training, Project Development and Institutional Relations
To develop the cooperative's institutional capacity, raise members' level of knowledge and build strong partnerships with stakeholders.
- Identify members' training and capacity-building needs.
- Track project and funding opportunities and contribute to project preparation.
- Develop relations with public institutions, universities, the private sector and other cooperatives.
- Monitor quality standards, oversight, internal control and activity-evaluation processes.
Sales, Marketing and Market Development
To ensure the cooperative's products reach regular, reliable markets with higher added value.
- Ensure products are marketed collectively and on advantageous terms.
- Research potential buyers and new markets; develop buyer relationships.
- Regularly track price, market and demand developments.
- Develop branding, product positioning and sales strategies.
Information Technology, Communication and Promotion
To strengthen the cooperative's digital infrastructure, data management, internal communication and institutional visibility.
- Contribute to establishing and developing digital record and data infrastructure.
- Ensure fast, orderly communication among members.
- Run the website, social media and digital promotion activities.
- Coordinate the cooperative's institutional promotional materials and visibility work.
Accounting, Finance and Administrative Affairs
To establish order, transparency, record discipline and sustainable financial management in financial and administrative processes.
- Support the regular tracking of income-expense and accounting processes.
- Contribute to monitoring the budget, cash flow and financial obligations.
- Track member current accounts, collection and payment records.
- Ensure administrative and financial documents are kept orderly, accessible and compliant with regulations.
Technical Services and Operational Affairs
To carry out the cooperative's field applications, technical infrastructure and shared-use services in an orderly, efficient way.
- Identify machinery, equipment and technical-infrastructure needs.
- Plan shared-use systems and field operations.
- Carry out maintenance-repair, usage tracking and technical coordination.
- Contribute to solving technical problems in production and service processes.
Input Supply, Needs Analysis and Production Planning
To build a joint procurement and production-planning system based on members' real needs.
- Build an inventory of members' production capacity, crop pattern and input needs.
- Prepare joint procurement plans for feed, fertiliser, seed, pesticides, fuel and other inputs.
- Regularly track production volumes, periods and crop pattern.
- Contribute to production planning in line with market demand, cost and production capacity.
Shared Goal
To build a strong cooperative structure that lowers the producer's costs, increases the value of their produce, operates on a data-driven basis and delivers sustainable economic benefit to its members.
Our Difference
What Sets Us Apart?
Experience from the Field
Instead of defining problems from a distance, we value listening to the producer, seeing the need on site, and developing solutions according to real field conditions.
Local Solution Capacity
Rather than a structure that waits for outside intervention with every technical problem, we strengthen the capacity to recognise core issues and develop the first solution locally.
Holistic Approach
We do not treat input supply, production, quality, technical support, logistics and marketing as separate tasks; we handle the process from production to market as a whole.
Participatory Structure
We do not want the cooperative's work to rest on the shoulders of a few people; we share duties and responsibilities through working groups.
Data-Driven Management
We believe that sound decisions cannot be made without knowing the producer's capacity, what they produce, and which inputs they need.
Results-Oriented Support
We do not settle for merely providing training or identifying problems; we mobilise the right knowledge and expertise and follow the solution process through to the result.
What sets us apart is not claiming to know the answer to every problem; it is our determination to build a structure that defines the problem correctly, brings the right people together, and continually develops its capacity to solve it.
Our Principles
Our Approach
Our Understanding of Cooperation and Partnership
We believe that agricultural development cannot be achieved through the effort of a single institution or a single actor. Depending on the producer's needs, we aim to develop cooperation with public institutions, universities, the private sector, local governments, professional organisations and other stakeholders, bringing knowledge, technical capacity, financing and market opportunities together around shared benefit.
We see our cooperative's role not merely as a service-providing structure, but as a local coordination and solution centre that connects the producer's needs with the right institution, expert and market. In our partnerships, we prioritise mutual trust, a clear division of duties, concrete goals and the delivery of sustainable results.
Not doing everything on our own, but coming together with the right stakeholders for the right solution.
Institutionalisation, Transparency and Participatory Management
We believe that sustainable success cannot be achieved through investment, equipment or the number of projects alone. Lasting success requires an institutional structure with defined duties, orderly records, members who take part in decision-making processes, strong financial discipline and accountability.
For this reason, rather than a way of working that depends on individuals, we aim to build our development on a system in which duties are shared, decisions are recorded, activities are monitored and members are kept informed. We do not view transparency merely as the disclosure of financial statements; we value members being able to understand which decisions are taken and for what purposes resources are used.
We want our cooperative to draw its strength not from individuals, but from the system we build.
Social Responsibility and Local Development
We do not see rural development merely as an increase in the quantity of production. For us, development means the producer receiving the reward for their labour, being able to access knowledge and technology, being able to remain in production, being able to act collectively, and being able to look to the future with confidence in the place where they live.
While our fundamental aim is to advance the economic interests of our members, we also value the capacity we create contributing to the social and economic development of Yeşilova and its surroundings. The growth of local knowledge, the transformation of solidarity into economic strength, young people being able to see a sustainable future in agriculture, and a greater share of the value created by production remaining in the region are the core elements of this approach.
We want to measure our success not only by its scale, but by the value it adds to the lives of our members and the region.
Our Journey
Our path from understanding the needs in the field to an institutional structure.
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2026 · Understanding Needs in the Field
As part of work to increase the competitiveness of the milk sector in Muş, training sessions, field visits and assessment meetings were held with producers, public institutions and experts. Producers' problems were addressed together with their production, quality, cold-chain, technical-infrastructure and marketing dimensions.
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2026 · The Cold Chain Comes to Life
Yeşilova was chosen as the pilot implementation area. After the preparatory work, the first milk collection took place in Yeşilova on 10 March 2026; a new era began, built on quality control, the cold chain and a regular market connection.
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2026 · Local Solution Capacity
Along the way, problems such as electricity, water, calibration, equipment and logistics were encountered. The technical team that formed in Yeşilova contributed not only at its own centre but also to solving problems at other implementation points.
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2026 · From Experience to an Institution
The experience gained in the field showed that these problems needed to be handled by a permanent structure that owns the process from production to market. It was to meet this need that S.S. Yeşilova Beldesi Agricultural Development Cooperative was founded.
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New Era · From Production to Market, Together
Our goal is to make the Yeşilova model permanent and sustainable by developing our field experience through planned production, joint input supply, technical services, quality and traceability, digital record-keeping and strong partnerships.