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There has been an increase in the variety of fresh vegetables and fruits grown in greenhouses and open areas in Gazipaşa in recent years. Producers turned to tropical fruit cultivation, whose consumption increased during the pandemic process. The production area of high-income tropical fruit has increased approximately 2 times in the last 2 years. Tropical fruit production started on 140 decares of land, with 50 decares undercover and 90 decares in open field gardens in the district. 42 PRODUCTS IN THE TROPICAL FRUIT GARDEN In Gazipaşa, which is called 'Turkey's tropical fruit garden' with its product variety, the tropical fruit production that started with banana was followed by avocado. In addition to the bananas and avocados that are widely produced in the region, mango, dragon fruit, papaya, passiflora, coconut, longan, lichi, jambu, jackfruit, druian, white sapote, black sapote, carambola, wampei, cherymoya, atemoya, umbrella, roseapple, babel fruit, ketem billa, keyelmasi, napal plum, coffee tree, fejualime, lemon, kiwi, gouva, strawberry gouvasi, pomelo, buddha's hand, finger lemon, goji berry, pepino, gooseberry, kumquat, groviola, snake fruit, sapodilla, 42 different types of crops such as tamarind are grown.