Organic Product Grows But They are unable
21.12.2007 Radikal
AA - HATAY - The price of organic products such as cotton, corn, wheat, pomegranate, tomato, onion and grapes grown in Hatay is insufficient in the domestic market, so it was announced that the consumption of many European Unions (EU) countries, mainly in Germany and Italy.
[[T]]The Provincial Directorate of Agriculture Farmer Training and Publication Branch Mustafa Sevinir, said that 95 farmers in the city have grown organic farming in 6 thousand 240 decuity area. In the city, the organic olive 1605, cotton 150in 4, wheat 612, corn 310 and pomegranate is grown in the area of 172 decuity, "Organicly last year 189 thousand 897 kilo tomatoes, 130 thousand weight onion, 176 thousand kilo cotton, 52 thousand 500 kilos of pomegranate production were made. 100 percent of these grown products were sent to European Union countries, mainly in Germany and Italy. Because the price of these products is high according to the norms, our citizens can not get hungry." [ [[T][6]]High price limit consumption ] [Sevinir, who expresses that the products that are interested in organic agriculture are not disturbed by consumption in the domestic market, noted: "because they gain more by exporting natural products. However, our financial status does not prefer to get these products even because it is very noticeable among normal products. In order to prevent this situation, it is necessary to increase the organic agricultural areas. Thus, products will consist of a competition because it is very much, which will bring to the work of citizens. "
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