A Study of Agricultural Geography: Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Cultivation in Turkey

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Pomegranate plant that its homeland is Asia Minor is one of the oldest cultivated agricultural products. Pomegranate finds the most common habitat between tropics 40° latitudes, in regions where Mediterranean rainfall regime to be effective, fields up to 1000 meters altitude from the coast. Respectively, the Mediterranean, Aegean and Southeast Anatolia are the regions producing the most amount of pomegranate in Turkey. In terms of provinces, Antalya, Mugla, Mersin and Adana are foremost in pomegranate farming. Until 2002 in Turkey approximately 50-60 thousand tons production were made using around 3 million pomegranate trees. In the period after 2003 ,established a new pomegranate orchards due to government support and favorable market conditions. By the year 2011, the number of the pomegranate tree has exceeded 13 million and also the production reached 315 thousand tons by the end of 2012. In parallel with the increase in production it becomes a rapid increase in the exports of pomegranate and Turkey is one of the world s most pomegranate exporting countries. Pomegranate is a fruit that can be consumed as fresh, as well as pomegranate juice and pomegranate molasses are the most common application areas of it. Pomegranate that a engravings which in places of worship mentioned in the sacred boks and that have taken place in depicting and tables is a special fruit that gives its name to a variety of settlements.

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Pomegranate , Punica granatum , pomegranate cultivation , geographical distribution , agricultural geography , Türkiye.

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education