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The article provides an overview of the agricultural sector in Mersin, Turkey, highlighting its leadership in crop production, agricultural income, and agri-food exports. The city is renowned for its citrus production and is the source of a significant portion of Turkey's agricultural and food exports. The Mersin Citrus Festival has resumed after a pandemic-induced hiatus, showcasing new fruit and plant varieties. The article also emphasizes the need for increased support from food industrialists and a strategy to diversify target markets, especially in the face of declining competitiveness in citrus exports due to lower unit export prices. The article calls for action to improve farmers' earnings by comparing their income to that of their international counterparts and stresses the importance of product diversification for the sector.
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Fikri Türkel As you know, there are products that have started to be produced recently in Turkey: Avocado, dragon fruit, and blueberry. I follow the Mersin Citrus Festival as often as I can. Although it has not been done for three years due to the pandemic, I tried to monitor and interpret the developments in the sector by getting information from local administrators. This year the festival started to be held again and I had the chance to observe it on site. The products that I see for the first time at every festival surprise me! Mersin is assertive and pioneering in citrus and greenhouse products. In particular, Alata Horticultural Research Institute is known for its rich work in research on many agricultural products, not only for Turkey, but also for citrus products. At every festival, the registered fruit and plant varieties that I see for the first time astonish me. Alata's work and results should be shown to the public with a wider publicity at the festival. It is worth ...
Source: Gidatarim
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