ORGANIC FIG PRODUCTION IN TURKEY

Organic crop production has begun to play an important role because of vital danger caused by environmental pollution through synthetic chemicals.
Organic fig growing in Turkey has a great part among other organic crops with the production of 2615 MT; acreage of 4053 ha and 730 contractual farmers in 1996.

In general, there are no important differences between organic and conventional fig growing on the basis of cultural practices.
Different practices occur in pest management programs at orchard and storage phases.
Organic and conventional fig production display important differences from the storage, packaging, labeling and fumigation point of view.

I International Symposium on Fig

A. Altindisli, A. Ertem

Ficus carica L, fig, organic fruit production, dried fig

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.480.39