Turkey Agriculture

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Turkish agriculture pursues its modernization. It employs 45.8 % of the agricultural population and accounts for 15% of the GDP. These figures show the impoverishment of this social class. The intensification of fights against the Kurds in 1994 led to the decline of wheat and beet productions. Today, the grain crops are still insufficient to cover the needs. An important agricultural project for the beginning of the next century should produce big changes in the Turkish agricultural production.

Farmland surface area:

The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. In Turkey they represent 26 968 000 hectares.

Number of farms:

4 068 432.

Crops

Crop	Yield (in Metric Tons)	Surface (in hectares)	Yield Hg/ Ha*
Wheat	18 000 000	8 650 000	20 809

Livestock

Species	Headcount
Ovine races	30 238 000
Cattle	11 185 000

Number of tractors:

875 000.

Irrigated land (surface area):

4 200 000 hectares.

Fishing yield in metric tons:

Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods	Saltwater fish
27 785 Tm.	417 960 Tm.

Aquacultural yield in metric tons:

652 193 Tm.

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