Potential of Industrial Tomato Production of Southeast Anatolian Region in Turkey
Öz
Due to the availability of different climatic characteristics and soil types most of the vegetables
can be produced in Turkey. Country is divided to 9 regions in terms of vegetable production and each region is
known to have the potential of different vegetable production. Tomato is not only the mostly grown vegetable but
also it has the widest range of processed product in Turkey. Turkey has 28.6 million tons of vegetable production
and also it is the fourth country in the World. The vegetable production of 86% is open field vegetable and 14%
of greenhouse production. Turkey has 12.61 million t. tomato production. This production includes table (8.170 t)
and industrial (4.445 t) tomato. And tomato is the most growing vegetable with 42% of total production in Turkey.
Tomato production of Southeast Region is 677 600 t in 66 474 ha. The region has 359 734 t table tomato production
in 39.571 ha and the industrial tomato production is 317 886 t in 26 903 ha. The region has great potential in terms
of tomato production. South Eastern Anatolia Region has strong and big potential for marketing and growing of
tomato besides Marmara region. So development of the tomato based industry will ultimately increase the new
investment and employment opportunities in the region. Existing status of the tomato agriculture and the tomato
processing industry and their future in Southeastern Anatolia Region were focused of this study.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Derleme
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Haziran 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
6 Eylül 2017
Kabul Tarihi
23 Mayıs 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2