Work started to grow peanuts as an alternative to corn in Mardin, Turkey

Peanut Kernel

Maize (Corn)

Turkiye

Published May 12, 2021

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Mardin Artuklu University Director of Kızıltepe Vocational School, agricultural production specialist Assoc. Dr. Yusuf Doğan stated that they started studies on peanuts, which are less costly and consume more water, instead of corn as the second product.

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- Work started to grow peanuts as an alternative to corn in Mardin. MARDİN - Director of MAÜ Kızıltepe Vocational School, agricultural production expert Assoc. Dr. Yusuf Doğan emphasized that instead of corn, which is planted as the second crop after wheat planting in the region, peanuts bring less cost and more profit, they have started 10 types of peanut cultivation. When the studies on peanuts, which cost 2 times less than water and 3 times less than input-output and have a high market return, are completed, farmers will begin to raise their awareness. Stating that there is intensive monoculture in the region, Assoc. Dr. Yusuf Doğan said, "In other words, wheat and corn are cultivated as the second crop. We need to direct the farmers to alternative products in order to discourage these habits. One of them is peanut. Since peanut is a legume plant, it is used extensively as an oil plant. It comes in the form of oil plant first. The high oleic fatty acid can be evaluated in ...

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