Turkish Carrot

Turkish Carrot in plastic and carton boxes

Description

Turkey is the 10th most important carrot producer country in the world with a share of 1.44% in the world carrot production and is an important export product. Although our country has a share of 1.44% in world production, it receives a share of approximately 0.88% from world exports. When the data of long years of carrot production in our country are examined; While there was an increase of 29% in carrot planted areas, there was an increase of 230% in production. This much increase in production according to the increase in area is due to the positive developments in yield. Improvements in agricultural infrastructure and seeds have significantly increased yields. In the last 20 years, the yield obtained from the unit area has increased by 80% and reached an average of 5.5 tons. Turkey’s carrot yield is above the world average and is very close to EU countries. Produced carrots are intended for the domestic market and export. EU countries meet most of their carrot needs from Turkey.