ORGANIC OLIVE FARMING AND ITS FUTURE: A CASE STUDY FROM TURKEY

Organic farming is significant in terms of sustainable farming practices in the world and Turkey. Organic farming has importance both for crop and livestock sustainable production for the future. Organic production includes that the produce product by healthy, hygienic and quality criteria. In this reason, demand of consumers is increasing to organic products day by day. Organic farming has a potential in Milas district of Mugla province. Especially, organic olive production and number of organic olive producers has increased in last years. In this study, first of all, organic farming applications will be searched as general of Milas District. Then, future of organic olive farming will be evaluated as various criteria. Also, problems and solutions of organic olive farming will be discussed.