page_title: State Hydraulic Works
section_title: Agriculture
hierarchical_section_title: State Hydraulic Works / Projects / Agriculture
context_page_description: The State Hydraulic Works is a state agency organized under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are energy, agriculture, services and environment.
context_section_description: Turkey has a total of 280,000 square kilometres of agricultural area, of which  85,000 km² is economically irrigable and 49,000 km² is currently being irrigated. As of 2005, an area of 28,000 km² is equipped with facilities of State Hydraulic Works's irrigation projects, making 10% of the total agricultural area and 57% of the irrigated area in Turkey.
caption: Distribution canals
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