YOLCU, Halil Gümüşhane Üniversitesi - Kelkit Aydın Doğan MYO, Turkey , OKCU, Melih Gümüşhane Üniversitesi - Gümüşhane MYO, Turkey , TAN, Mustafa Atatürk Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarla Bitkileri Bölümü, Turkey

Current Situation of Organic Roughage Production in Turkey

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One of the most important requirements for organic livestock production activities is to meet organic roughage. In meeting organic roughage requirement, organic meadow-rangelands at first and then organic forage crops production areas have great importance. While 93% of the world organic roughage production area is made of organic meadow-rangeland areas, 7% of this area is consist of organic forage crop production areas. In our country by the year 2012, while organic rangeland is not available, there is organic meadow in 22 provinces. Productions of 359 259 ton organic roughage (315 053 ton organic forage crops production and 44 206 ton organic meadow production) can easily meet the requirement of organic animal production in Turkey. The main problems in production of organic roughage in our country are that production areas of organic roughage are located away from the province of organic livestock; lack of rangelands being one of the cheapest sources of organic roughage; and scientific studies about production of organic roughage cannot be put into practice.

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Organic livestock , organic meadow , rangeland , organic roughage

Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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