Significant progress has been made in organic agriculture, which has become increasingly intensive in many developed countries of the world today, in Turkey since 2002.

Significant progress has been made in organic agriculture, which has become increasingly intensive in many developed countries of the world today, in Turkey since 2002.

The area for organic agriculture, which was 89 thousand 827 hectares in 2002, reached 175 thousand 73 hectares last year, with an increase of 94 percent. The production area in 2005 increased by 69.6 percent compared to 2003 and by approximately 8 percent compared to 2004 Last year, when the product variety increased by 36.6 percent to 205 units, 9 thousand 427 farmers produced 289 thousand 82 tons of organic agriculture.