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2003 - 309 p.

Production and marketing of organic dried apricot in Turkey

Gültekin U., Adanacioglu H.

Turkey is one of the best situated countries in the world for organic cultivation. The number of farmers in Turkey dealing with organic agriculture is increasing year by year. As a result of these developments, the variety of organic products is rising. The organic agricultural production started in the 1980's in Turkey. The first organic production was performed in the Aegean Region with dried figs and raisins. Although raisins, apricots and dried figs were the pioneer organic products of Turkey in 1985, today around 95 kinds of agricultural products are organically produced in Turkey (IGEME, 2001). As a result of this, Turkish organic agricultural products are becoming more and more familiar to foreign importers. With the advances in organic agriculture, European companies have been demanding organic products from Turkish companies, since 1984-85. In 2001, around 20 countries imported organic products from Turkey. The total exports of organic products was $ 27.638.643 in 2001. In this study, organic dried apricot has been studied. It was first produced organically in Turkey in 1985. This article discusses organic dried apricot production and its marketing methods.

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ABRICOT, AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE, COMMERCIALISATION, PRODUCTION, TURQUIE

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Gültekin U., Adanacioglu H. Production and marketing of organic dried apricot in Turkey. In : Nikolaidis A. (ed.), Baourakis G. (ed.), Isikli E. (ed.), Yercan M. (ed.). The market for organic products in the Mediterranean region. Chania : CIHEAM, 2003. p. 287-292. (Cahiers Options Méditerranéennes; n. 61). Intensive Course in: Marketing of Organic Products, 2002/05/20-31, Izmir (Turkey). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c61/00800171.pdf