Dairy Products and Technologies Application and Research Center

Within the scope of the Livestock Project carried out by the university, the activity areas of our center, which was established to carry out functions aimed at conducting and developing R&D and innovative projects related to dairy products and technologies, to perform the necessary work and procedures related to the projects, and to effectively monitor developments and results, are as follows;

To produce solution-oriented projects aimed at developing elements that ensure the preservation of characteristic features during the production, storage, and marketing of traditional dairy products
To reduce the test costs of companies' products, to provide equipment that will offer advanced test services that are difficult to perform, to provide services, to create a design environment, and to ensure the training of personnel who will carry out these studies
To develop university-industry cooperation relations, to reveal the R&D and innovative potential in the light of the obtained data, and to contribute to strategies
To develop new products and to ensure the production of products with structure, taste, and smell suitable for consumer preferences that can replace imported products offered to the dairy industry at high prices with the developed projects
To reduce production costs
To produce projects that will carry out activities related to obtaining geographical indication registration, which is one of the most important guarantees of sustainability in the production of traditional products specific to the region, and to contribute to the regional economy by developing patented products
To develop serological, molecular, and rapid diagnostic kits aimed at determining microbial contamination in milk and dairy products in cooperation with the animal diseases diagnosis center and to establish a diagnostic unit in this area at the Center
To encourage innovation and the formation of new product groups in the sector in the region, to increase competitiveness, and to help ensure economic development
To ensure that the knowledge and technological infrastructure produced at the Center can be transferred to the food sector and the public
To create projects that will develop units serving the livestock field at the university
To examine the causes of losses related to animal production being carried out in the region
To evaluate the products obtained from the Center, to obtain branded products, and to present them to the market
To conduct research and development studies that will ensure total production increase in line with the principles and goals of development plans
To bring together the practices and research envisaged in associate, undergraduate, and graduate programs in line with existing goals
To guide regional producers with the production models and methods to be developed and implemented
To carry out joint studies and projects on education, research, and production within the framework of cooperation with universities, institutes, agencies, centers, and public institutions at home and abroad by the university
 

There are a total of 2 projects being carried out within our research center. The names of these projects are;