Turkey: Mersin provides 90 percent of rosemary production

Published 2021년 12월 30일

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The article highlights that Mersin, a city in southern Turkey, is a major contributor to the country's rosemary production, accounting for 90% of the total. The production takes place over two years across 3,365 hectares within the forest management directorates of Tarsus, Erdemli, Gülnar, and Silifke. Despite this significant contribution, Turkey still imports rosemary, primarily from Morocco and Tunisia. The annual production in Mersin is approximately 200 tons, but demand exceeds this amount. Rosemary is a key medicinal and aromatic plant in the Mediterranean maquis vegetation found in the region.
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Rosemary is produced in two-year periods on an area of 3,365 hectares within the forest management directorates of Tarsus, Erdemli, Gülnar and Silifke in Mersin. Mersin Regional Directorate of Forestry announced that 90 percent of rosemary production in Turkey is met from the city. In the statement made by the directorate, it was emphasized that rosemary production spreads in some parts of the city, and the following information was given: "The annual average production in our Regional Directorate is 200 tons, but rosemary production is not sufficient for our country and imports are made from Morocco and Tunisia. In Turkey, in the Mediterranean maquis ...
Source: Tgrthaber

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