In recent years, the activities required for organic productions in the world countries have accelerated.
There are 50.9 million hectares of organic agricultural land in the world, including conversion areas. Oceania, with
its largest agricultural area, ranks first with a share of 45% (22.8 million hectares). According to the 2015 data, the
number of organic agriculture producers is 350 000 in Europe; in the European Union it is 270 000. Italy has the
most producers (52 609 producers) in the EU countries; In Europe, Turkey (69 967 producers) is. With this number,
Turkey ranks first in the European and European Union countries. Turkey is ranked 9th among European countries
(486 069 hectares) in terms of organic farming area. In the years 2014 and 2015, there was a decrease of 11.6%
in the number of organic rared animals, 47.6% in the meat and 64% in the milk productions while an increase of
22.7% in the organic egg production was observed. Also, there was a 25.2% decrease in the number of organic
honey producing farmers and a 25.4% decrease in the number of hives. However, there was a 96.1% increase in
total honey production. Although there is a large decrease in the number of animals in organic production in Turkey
in the last three years, it has a large share of increase between European countries compared to 2007 and 2015.
Turkey has a great potential in organic agriculture. However, if these potentials are not evaluated with the right
policies, sustainability in the sector will be very difficult to achieve.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Agricultural Engineering |
Journal Section | Zootekni / Animal Science |
Authors | |
Publication Date | June 30, 2018 |
Submission Date | November 13, 2017 |
Acceptance Date | December 19, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 8 Issue: 2 |