Facility Setup Guide
Legume Facility Setup and Growth Roadmap
Example phases for investors planning a legume cleaning and packing facility: from application and permits to building the facility, then growing supply and sales in a controlled way. Output tonnage is set by feasibility and approved machine capacity.
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Year 1 · Application, permits and connections
Confirm the call terms; complete parcel, permit, producer supply and capacity feasibility. If the application, contract and permits go through, build the facility; start on mains water and power if possible, test the water and finalise connection costs.
- Call guide: Confirm the activity, site and grant ceiling are eligible under the current KKYP call.
- Parcel and zoning: Clarify title, zoning status and any non-agricultural use permit before applying.
- Supply feasibility: Back the raw legume volume available from local producers with written letters of intent.
- Capacity calculation: Size the machinery to supply and sales forecasts; excess capacity needs justification in the grant review.
- Build and connections: After the contract, complete construction, machine installation, power and water subscriptions; test the water.
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Year 2 · Water source and line capacity decision
If mains water is insufficient, consider the well line after DSİ approval, water tests and route permits. Extra machinery or physical expansion only if the provincial directorate approves in writing and monitoring, permit and financing rules allow.
- Water demand: Record actual first-year consumption and judge from the data whether mains supply is enough.
- Well option: If needed, obtain DSİ approval, water tests and route permits in order.
- Bottleneck analysis: Identify which step — cleaning, sorting or packing — slows the line.
- Written approval: Submit any extra machinery or expansion plan to the provincial directorate and get a written reply before acting.
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Year 3 · Raising utilisation
As supply and demand grow, increase working days within the approved facility and machine capacity; no physical capacity change without permission.
- Shift planning: Add working days and shifts with demand, within the approved capacity.
- Producer network: Steadily grow the number of registered producers and contracted volumes.
- Stock management: Plan storage and stock rotation to spread harvest-season purchases across the year.
- Quality records: Log moisture, foreign matter and waste rates per batch.
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Year 4 · Growing the sales network
Scale online orders nationwide and regional delivery to restaurants and homes. Keep sourcing products that are not processed in the facility as labelled goods from registered producers.
- Online sales: Standardise nationwide shipping for packed products.
- Regional delivery: Put restaurant and home deliveries around Bodrum on regular routes.
- Product range: Source products not processed in the facility as labelled goods from registered producers.
- Business sales: Set up regular ordering and price lists for restaurants and bulk buyers.
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Year 5 · Efficiency and monitoring
Improve quality, traceability, waste and energy use on the legume line; keep the facility's activity, site and capacity in line with the contract and complete the five-year monitoring obligations.
- Efficiency: Compare waste, energy use and unit cost year on year and set improvement targets.
- Traceability: Keep full batch tracking from producer to pack.
- Contract compliance: Keep the facility's site, purpose and capacity unchanged throughout monitoring.
- Monitoring close-out: Submit all five-year monitoring reports and documents; plan the next investment after this period.
Once a grant contract is signed and five-year monitoring starts, the approved site, purpose and capacity must be kept. Expanding the building or line is not automatic; written approval, a contract change or a separate financing/permit route must be agreed with the authorities first.