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Agricultural Sector Profile of Turkey in the World

Yıl 2014, Cilt: 1 Sayı: Özel Sayı-1, 688 - 694, 01.03.2014

Öz

Turkey has the 18th largest economy in the world with $820 billion Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the same time Turkey’s agricultural economy is the 8th largest in the world. The aim of this study is to determine agricultural sector profile of Turkey in the world. The data of the study were obtained from FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation), WBG (World Bank Group), Turkish Statistical Institute and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock. According to the results of this study, about 50.6% of the country consist of agricultural lands and 14.6% forest. The agricultural land is around 38,9 million hectares that consist of 54.9% arable lands and 45.1% permanent lands as per 2012. Agricultural production value of Turkey is about 41 billion $. In the agricultural sector, the rate of crop production is 71.3%, animal product rate is 28.7%. 23.7% of Turkey’s population is employed in agriculture. Turkey’s female labour in agriculture is the 3th largest in the world. Turkey is a major producer of wheat, sugar beet, milk, whole fresh cow, tomatoes, barley, potatoes, grapes, maize, watermelons and apple. Apricots, cherries, hazelnuts with shell, figs, quinces and poppy seed are the most produced agricultural commodities by Turkey in the world. Turkey's top three agricultural export products are respectively flour of wheat, tomatoes, lemons and limes. In addition to this, wheat, soybeans and sunflower seed are repectively Turkey's top three agricultural import products. The results of this study will provide important information to Turkey’s agricultural sector

Kaynakça

  • Armağan, G., 2008. The Structure and Production of Agriculture in Turkey http://web.adu.edu.tr/user/garmagan/co urses/tei/uyg00.pdf 08/08/2014), in Turkish (Acces date:
  • Miran, B, 2006. Agricultural structure and production, Agriculture in Turkey (Ed. Fahri Yavuz), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Publications of Strategy Development Turkey, in Turkish. Ankara,

Agricultural Sector Profile of Turkey in the World

Yıl 2014, Cilt: 1 Sayı: Özel Sayı-1, 688 - 694, 01.03.2014

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Kaynakça

  • Armağan, G., 2008. The Structure and Production of Agriculture in Turkey http://web.adu.edu.tr/user/garmagan/co urses/tei/uyg00.pdf 08/08/2014), in Turkish (Acces date:
  • Miran, B, 2006. Agricultural structure and production, Agriculture in Turkey (Ed. Fahri Yavuz), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Publications of Strategy Development Turkey, in Turkish. Ankara,
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil Türkçe
Bölüm Araştırma Makaleleri
Yazarlar

Yeşim Aytop Bu kişi benim

Muhammed Çukadar

Ahmet Şahin Bu kişi benim

Yayımlanma Tarihi 1 Mart 2014
Gönderilme Tarihi 26 Ocak 2015
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2014 Cilt: 1 Sayı: Özel Sayı-1

Kaynak Göster

APA Aytop, Y., Çukadar, M., & Şahin, A. (2014). Agricultural Sector Profile of Turkey in the World. Türk Tarım Ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, 1(Özel Sayı-1), 688-694.