'King of fruits' mango is 40 lira each in the garden of Turkey

There has been an increase in the variety of fresh vegetables and fruits grown in greenhouses and open areas in Gazipaşa in recent years. Producers turned to tropical fruit cultivation, whose consumption increased during the pandemic process. The production area of high income tropical fruit has increased approximately 2 times in the last 2 years. Tropical fruit production started on 140 decares of land, with 50 decares under cover and 90 decares in open field gardens in the district. 42 PRODUCTS IN THE TROPICAL ORDER In Gazipaşa, which is known as 'Turkey's tropical fruit garden' with its product variety, the tropical fruit production that started with banana was followed by avocado. In addition to the bananas and avocados that are widely produced in the region, mango, dragon fruit, papaya, passiflora, coconut, longan, lichi, jambu, jackfruit, druian, white sapote, black sapote, carambola, wampei, cherymoya, atemoya, umbrella, roseapple, babylon fruit, ketem billa, keyelmasi, ...