As the cost of traditional products rises, farmers turn to tropical fruits in Turkey
Turkiye
Published Sep 16, 2021
Tridge summary
- As malt increased in traditional products, farmers turned to tropical fruits. They started to produce tropical fruits, which cost 25 thousand TL per acre.
Original content
In Kumluca District, which is one of the greenhouse vegetable production centers, the production of tropical products such as dragon, mango, banana, phisalis and Passiflora started to increase gradually. Products that are easy to produce do not cost the farmer anything. Farmers prefer to produce tropical fruits and vegetables as they bring more income than other vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. "Farmers turned to alternative varieties" District Manager İsa Akşit said, "Our district of Kumluca is one of the centers of greenhouse agriculture. In our region, vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are grown in general. However, this type of cultivation is now practiced in many regions of Turkey. Since the same products are grown in the same period, we have a slightly more negative impact on our farmers. It brings less income. Therefore, our farmers have started to look for alternative products. The most important of these is mango cultivation on an area ...
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