Within the scope of the 31st Kaman Walnut Culture and Art Festival held in the Kaman district of Kırşehir, Walnut Cultivation Panel was held in partnership with Kaman Municipality and the Faculty of Agriculture of Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. Kaman Mayor Necati Çolak, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of KAEU Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kazankaya, Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Duran Şeçen, Director of Atatürk Horticultural Research Institute Dr. Yılmaz Boz, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Pilot Project Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Ayrancı and many walnut producers participated in the panel, held on October 7, 2022.

In the Walnut Cultivation Panel, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of KAEU Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kazankaya made a presentation and gave information to the panel participants about the diseases and pests seen in walnuts.

After Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kazankaya, Dr. Yilmaz Boz provided practical information that would be useful in walnut cultivation while Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Duran Şeçen shared the plant production statistics of Kırşehir province with the walnut producers.

The panel also covered suggestions for increasing the cultivation of the Kaman-1 walnut variety in the Kaman district, using geographic information systems and meteorological data in the establishment of closed walnut orchards, and effective use of water resources in walnut cultivation. Information was exchanged on the problems faced by walnut producers in the panel, where recommendations were made on the necessary initiatives to organize national and international meetings about walnuts in the Kaman district.

After the panel, the walnut orchards of the producers were visited and technical support was provided to the producers.