Turkey: Fertile soils produce for 12 months

Vegetables and fruits grown in the fertile soil of Antalya, which has a rich variety of agricultural products, add flavor to the cuisines of the country and abroad. In Antalya, which has 40 percent of the greenhouse agricultural areas in Turkey, production is carried out on 360 thousand hectares of agricultural land, 320 thousand decares of which are greenhouses. In the city, where more than 200 products are grown, tropical fruits specific to the equatorial belt are also grown. The products are offered to both domestic and international markets. The agricultural lands, where production is made in every period of the year, were viewed from the air by the Anadolu Agency (AA) team. The lands where different products are located also created a visual feast with their different colors. 8.4 million tons of production Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Gökhan Karaca, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that Antalya constitutes approximately 1.5 percent of the total agricultural land ...