Turkey: The demand for avocado has increased, production area expanded

MUSTAFA KURT/HATİCE ÖZDEMİR TOSUN - As the domestic and international demand for avocado, whose homeland is Mexico, increased, the fruit's production area in Antalya expanded. Having a say in the production of fresh vegetables and fruits, Antalya's product variety is increasing every year. In the city, where more than 30 tropical fruits from mango to pineapple, papaya to kamkata, dragon fruit to passiflora are grown, avocado production has increased significantly in recent years. Both the high economic return of avocado and the increase in demand were decisive in the increase in production. 7 thousand tons of Turkey's avocado production, which is 9 thousand tons, is made in Antalya. Antalya Agriculture and Forestry Director Gökhan Karaca told Anadolu Agency (AA) that avocado cultivation in Turkey was first started in Alanya, Gazipaşa and Anamur regions. Expressing that avocado consumption has increased both in Turkey and in the world in recent years, Karaca stated that the ...