More and more tropical fruits are grown in Turkey

Published 2022년 11월 1일

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Turkey has started cultivating seven tropical fruits, including mango and passionflower, imported from the US, with four more plants under adaptation. This project, initiated in 2012, has led to the establishment of tropical orchards and the establishment of these fruits in local supermarkets. Despite the Mediterranean climate, mangoes are mainly grown in greenhouses, while passiflora is grown outdoors. The cultivation of these fruits has already contributed $7.9 million to Turkey's export earnings in the first half of 2022, with projections to reach $20 million by the end of the year.

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Turkey has begun growing seven tropical fruits imported from the United States. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the country, four more exotic plants are in the process of adaptation. According to KazakhZerno.kz, Turkish producers started growing tropical fruits in the early 2000s, using seeds that were imported from abroad for local gardening. The experiment was a success, and the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policy (TAGEM), together with the Institute for Agricultural Research of the Western Mediterranean (BATEM) under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture of the country, in 2012 initiated a special project for the cultivation of 11 varieties of pitahaya, passionflower, mango, lychee and guava under industrial conditions. . The experimental site was placed in the open air in the Gazipasa region of Antalya, and the harvest showed that these tropical fruits can also be grown in the Turkish Mediterranean. As a result, the best ...

Source: Eastfruit