Agriculture in Turkey

Large field of light brown grain with a combine harvester in the middle and trees in the distance under a blue sky with some small clouds
Wheat harvest in Sivas Province

Agriculture is still an important sector of Turkey's economy, and the country is one of the world's top ten agricultural producers.[1] Wheat, sugar beet, milk, poultry, cotton, vegetables and fruit are major products;[2] and Turkey is the world's largest grower of hazelnuts,[3] apricots,[2] and oregano.[4]

Half of Turkey's land is agricultural,[2] and farming employs about 15% of the workforce,[5] but under half a million farmers.[6][7] It provides about 10% of exports[8] and over 5% of gross domestic product (GDP).[9] Over 380 billion lira of agricultural subsidy is budgeted for 2024.[10]

Despite being a major food producer, Turkey is a net wheat importer, with much of it coming from Russia and Ukraine.[11] Turkey is the European Union (EU)'s fourth largest vegetable supplier and the seventh largest fruit supplier. Turkey would like to extend the EU Customs Union Agreement to agricultural products.[12]

Around half of Turkey's agricultural greenhouse gas is due to cattle.[a] According to the World Bank, the sector should adapt more to climate change in Turkey and make technical improvements.[6] Strategic planning is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, but no plan for 2024 onwards has yet been published.[14][15] Almost all the seeds used in Turkey are produced domestically.[16]

  1. ^ "Türkiye". International Fund for Agricultural Development. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Turkey – Country Commercial Guide". International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2022-07-26.
  3. ^ "Hazelnuts: Turkey remains top producer". Mundus Agri. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ^ Uğural, İsmail (2023-03-29). "Türkiye supplies 80% of world production of Oregano". Turkish Agrinews. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  5. ^ "Labour Force Statistics, 2022". Turkstat. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  6. ^ a b "Turkey's farmers battle with soaring costs and mounting debt". Financial Times. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  7. ^ "Number of farmers in Turkey plummets below half a million". Gazete Duvar. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  8. ^ "World Bank Provides $341 Million Boost to Advance Green and Competitive Growth of Turkey's Agricultural Sector". World Bank. 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Gayri̇ Safi̇ Yurti̇çi̇ Hasila Değerler" [Gross Domestic Product Values] (PDF). Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Turkey).
  10. ^ "Turkey to privatize highways, bridges, and hydroelectric power plants to reduce current account deficit". Gercek News. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  11. ^ Gostev, Aleksandr; Liklikadze, Koba (30 April 2022). "Analysis: Erdogan Hoping Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Can Bolster Turkish Regional Power". Radio Free Europe.
  12. ^ Valero, Jorge (2023-08-02). "EU and Turkey Discuss Easing Trade Relations Amid Warmer Ties". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  13. ^ "Türkiye. 2023 National Inventory Report (NIR)". unfccc.int. Turkstat. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  14. ^ "Kamuda Stratejik Yönetim |". www.sp.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  15. ^ 2019–23 strategic plan (updated in 2022) (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
  16. ^ "Bakan Pakdemirli: 'Ülkemizde kullanılan tohumlukların yüzde 96'sı yurt içinde üretilmektedir'" [Minister Pakdemirli: '96 percent of the seeds used in our country are produced domestically']. gazete banka. 21 December 2021.


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