Turkey's greenhouse production area has exceeded 80 million square meters

Published 2021년 11월 27일

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Turkey has seen a significant increase in greenhouse cultivation, with the production area expanding from 36.3 million square meters in 1995 to over one million square meters in 2020 and 2021, due to banana greenhouse investments. The country now has approximately 80 million square meters of greenhouse space, with about 14 million square meters being modern and the rest farmer greenhouses. Modern greenhouses are designed to be resistant to climate change and are concentrated in areas with geothermal and bioenergy resources. The industry sells more abroad than domestically, with Antalya, Mersin, and Adana being the top three provinces in greenhouse production.

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SERKONDER President Halil Kozan evaluated the developments in greenhouse cultivation, also known as greenhouse cultivation in Turkey. Explaining that there is an area of approximately 80 million square meters of greenhouse installed in our country, Kozan said that approximately 14 million square meters of this is modern and the other part consists of farmer greenhouses, which they call low tunnels. Kozan noted that they classified greenhouses as modern, low tunnel, glass and plastic. Explaining that the greenhouse production area, which was 36.3 million square meters in 1995, increased to 53.6 million square meters in 2002 and 79 million square meters as of the end of 2019, according to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Kozan said that, according to the estimates, with the banana greenhouse investments in 2020 and 2021 in particular. He stated that it has exceeded one million square meters. GREENHOUSES ARE NOW ESTABLISHED IN ALL PROVINCES Pointing out that ...

Source: Antalyaekspres