Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support Analysis of SMEs in Eastern Mesarya Serdarlı, 30 March 2011

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support Key data Governance Ongoing projects and activities Social Services:

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support 333 Değirmenlik region is more developed in terms of agro-processing enterprises There are 4 meat processing plants in the area (3 of them in Değirmenlik, and one in Akdoğan) The meat processing plants have modern equipments and technologies, and brand names. The market is limited to domestic market Agro-processing :

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support 444 There are 15 milk processing plants, all of them in Değirmenlik region A few of them has modern equipments These plants produce for both domestic and external markets (hellim, yogurt, ayran, cream) They work with low capacities due to lower supply of milk. There is also a ice-cream plant in Değirmenlik region Agro-processing (2) : :

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support 555 There are two olive mills (in Değirmenlik and Geçitkale) They do not have any bottling system and brand name; they produce olive oil only for local olive producers. The supply of olive is low and instable. Agro-processing (3):

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support 66 Agro-processing (4): There are two flour mills, one in Değirmenlik, and other in Geçitkale. There are three quail producers, but in this sector processing plants are very poor conditions; they need hygenic slaugthering equipments, cold storage system, and packing and labeling equipments. There is also a small turkey producer that is only one in Cyprus; this enterprise needs modern and hygenic slaughtering, choping, packing and labeling equipments.

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support Infrastructure: There are 2 small industrial sites (Serdarlı and Güvercinlik-Beyarmudu; an other small industrial site is under construction process in Vadili Micro enterprises on carpentary, iron work, and mechanics are developed especially in Vadili, Beyarmudu and İnönü 7

Rural Development Support Team EU Turkish Cypriot community support 888 Ongoing EU projects EU SME project Vocational training project by Chamber of Shopkeepers and Artizans funded by EU