Publishers: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia  |  Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Nitra, Slovakia  |  Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely, Hungary  |  Agricultural University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria  |  University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic  |  Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland  |  University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj - Napoca, Romania  |  University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Agronomy Čačak, Čačak, Serbia  |  Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

AN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN TURKEY: THE CURRENT SITUATION AND BASIC CONSTRAINTS

2007, 8 (2)   p. 213-222

Zeynep ÖZBİLGE

Abstract

This article gives information about the current situation of Turkish organic agriculture, especially by comparing the official recognition for organic farming in the European Union with that of Turkey and summarizes the existing constraints. The analysis indicates that the further development of Turkish organic agriculture depends upon the development of the domestic organic market and Turkey has to fulfi l a number of conditions to provide it. It is needed that the Turkish state both encourages organic production for the domestic market and supports organic agriculture by all means.

Keywords

turkey, organic agriculture, domestic organic market

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