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mentation of Organic Agriculture” published in the Official Gazette No. 27676 dated 18/08/2010,
issued on the basis of this law, following international standards and legislation.

Activities related to Good Agricultural Practices are carried out in accordance with the pro-
visions of the “By-law on Good Agricultural Practices” published in the Official Gazette dated
07/12/2010 and numbered 27778. The Dissemination and Control of Organic Agriculture Project
has been implemented since 1997 and the Dissemination and Control of Good Agricultural Pra-
ctices Project has been implemented since 2012.

Table -27 Organic Crop Production Data (2019-2022), (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2024)
Production Amount
Year Number of crops No. of farmers * Area (ha) *
(tonnes)*
2019 213 74,545 545,870 2,030,466
2020 235 52,590 382,665 1,631,943

2021 263 48,244 351,919 1,590,086
2022 268 44,927 310,584 1,600,858

*Transition process data included.

Table -28 Organic Animal Production Data (2019-2022) (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2024)
Year Cattle (Number)* Sheep (Number)* Poultry (Number)* Hive (Number)*
2019 5,543 17,184 848,619 71,584

2020 7,888 2,454 1,119,823 89,128
2021 8,109 2,004 800,252 94,736

2022 7,220 5,330 684,408 95,733
*Transition process data included.

Table -29 Good Agricultural Practices Crop Production Data (2019-2022) (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2024)
Production Amount
Year No. of Provinces No. of Producers Production Area (da)
(Tonnes)
2019 66 61,894 5,396,073 7,706,404

2020 61 14,051 2,547,544 5,716,616
2021 63 10,265 3,894,849 6,162,544

2022 70 9,570 2,068,933 5,336,252

8.2. Fertiliser, Soil Conditioners and Pesticide Use

Fertiliser use in Türkiye remains below both the World and European Union averages and the
potential need. In 2023, a total of 2.9 million tonnes of chemical fertilisers were used in Türkiye
on the basis of soil nutrients of plant matter.

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