Turkey: Adıyaman's organic pomegranates in the European market

Organic pomegranates grown in Adıyaman are taking their place in the European market, especially in Germany, with their unique smell and flavor. Organic pomegranates grown in Adıyaman, which ranks 13th in pomegranate cultivation in Turkey, are attracting great interest in the European market. Conventional pomegranates are exported to Russia. Pomegranate cultivation has become an important source of income for producers in Adıyaman, where pomegranate processing factories and cold storage facilities are located. The same yield is expected this year in Adıyaman, where 43 thousand tons of pomegranates were produced on an area of 20 thousand decares last year. In the city where the pomegranate harvest has started, some of the producers are selling pomegranates in the domestic market and some in the European market. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Nurettin Kıyas, who participated in the pomegranate harvest in the Karaburç hamlet of Battalhöyük village in Adıyaman city ...