The main purpose of the congress was to create a venue to discuss the various current and near-future applications of engineering practices and means of operations used in Turkey and in the world within the scope of Biosystems Engineering including Land and Water Resources Planning, Agricultural Machinery Systems, Energy Systems and Plant and Animal Production Structures. In this context, many researchers and academicians in addition to the related entrepreneurs and manufacturers from Turkey and abroad had the opportunity to transfer their experiences and ideas to their colleagues and stakeholders. The congress venue was Antakya city (Antioch) of the Hatay province, which has many cultures and where people from many different religions have had a living space in harmony and peace. It has a sacred places for Christians (St. Peter’s Church) and Muslims (Habibi Neccar Mosque) and was selected as the World Gastronomy City by UNESCO. Therefore, the congress venue offered not only an academic but also a different cultural perspective to the participants and the guests. About 120 proceedings were included in the congress program as oral and poster presentations. All submitted proceedings were evaluated by at least two independent reviewers in terms of scientific content and quality. Selected full papers or abstracts were published in this Congress Proceedings E-Book while some of the selected full papers were published in the special issue of Mustafa Kemal University Journal of Agricultural Sciences after scientific evaluation. We thank all of the participants for their contribution to the congress. We also acknowledge the financial contribution of the sponsors that support this conference without which this congress would not be a successful organization.
Congress Organizing Committee are very pleased to invite you to the 1st International Congress on Biosystems
Engineering (ICOBEN2019) which will be held for the first time at international level in Turkey. The
congress will be held on 24-27 September 2019 at the Ottoman Palace***** thermal hotel located in
the city of Antakya, Hatay, Turkey which is home to the oldest civilizations in the history of humanity.
The main purpose of the congress is to create a venue to discuss the various current and
near-future applications of engineering practices and means of operations used in Turkey and in other
countries in the areas of Biosystems Engineering including Land and Water Resources Planning,
Agricultural Machinery Systems, Energy Systems in Agriculture and Plant and Animal Production
Structures (Planning of Greenhouses and Animal Shelters). In this context, many researchers and
academicians in addition to the related entrepreneurs and manufacturers from Turkey and abroad will
have the opportunity to transfer their experiences and ideas to their colleagues and stakeholders.
Antakya city of the Hatay province has a historical past of about 2300 years and has a
settlement history going back up to the years of 8000 B.C. The city has many diverse cultures and
people from many different religions find a living space in harmony and peace. It also has a sacred
pilgrimage place for Christians (St. Pierre grotto church). Antakya which was selected as the World
Gastronomy City by UNESCO in 2017 with up to 600 diverse food samples will offer not only an
academic but also a different cultural perspective to the participants and the guests.
The official presentation language of the symposium is English. Proceedings considered only
as research articles in English or Turkish with abstract in English will be accepted. All submitted
articles will be evaluated by at least two reviewers in terms of scientific content and quality. All
abstracts and selected full texts of the proceedings will be published in the Congress Proceedings
E-Book or in the Journal of Agricultural Faculty of Mustafa Kemal University.
In this respect, we invite all related academicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers
and post-graduate students to attend this exciting congress on the topics related to almost every stage
of agricultural production.
We would be delighted to see you in this exciting international conference on topics related to
almost every stage of agricultural production.
We wish you good health and happiness.
Prof. Dr. Berkant Odemis
Congress Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muharrem Keskin
Secretary of Congress
Internet: http://icoben2019.mku.edu.tr
E-mail: icoben2019@gmail.com
opportunity to transfer their experiences and ideas to their colleagues and stakeholders.
The congress venue was Antakya city (Antioch) of the Hatay province, which has many cultures and
where people from many different religions have had a living space in harmony and peace. It has a sacred
places for Christians (St. Peter’s Church) and Muslims (Habibi Neccar Mosque) and was selected as the
World Gastronomy City by UNESCO. Therefore, the congress venue offered not only an academic but also
a different cultural perspective to the participants and the guests.
About 120 proceedings were included in the congress program as oral and poster presentations. All
submitted proceedings were evaluated by at least two independent reviewers in terms of scientific content
and quality. Selected full papers or abstracts were published in this Congress Proceedings E-Book while
some of the selected full papers were published in the special issue of Mustafa Kemal University Journal of
Agricultural Sciences after scientific evaluation.
We thank all of the participants for their contribution to the congress. We also acknowledge the financial
contribution of the sponsors that support this conference without which this congress would not be a
successful organization.
Congress Organizing CommitteeEngineering (ICOBEN2019) which will be held for the first time at international level in Turkey. The