An Overview of Turkish Pistachio Sector

作     者：T. Isgin B. E. Ak 

作者机构：Department of Agricuhural Economics University of Harran Osmanbey Campus Block D-52 Sanliurfa 63100 Turkey Department of Horticulture University of Harran Osmanbey Campus Block C. Sanliurfa 63100 Turkey 

出 版 物：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(B)》 (农业科学与技术（B）)

年 卷 期：2011年第1卷第2期

页      面：168-176页

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 09[农学] 083202[工学-粮食、油脂及植物蛋白工程] 0902[农学-园艺学] 090201[农学-果树学] 

主　　题：Pistachio foreign trade production Turkey. 

摘      要：Originating from the genus Pistacia, the only edible species, Pistacia vera, covers at least 10 different sub-species and has a commercial value in the nut industry as a snack food. Pistachio kernels arc very popular ingredients used in meat products and in the confectionary industry as a part of various pastry products. Historically, Iran has the advantage in supply side and leads the world in pistachio trade. Turkey comes in the third place in terms of production and provides over 70 thousand metric tons of pistachios in 2007, capturing 14 percent production share world wide. As being one of the major habitats of pistachios, Turkey has potential to develop new variaties and increase the productivity, thereby to take advantage of higher profits that may arise from foreign trade in pistachios. Even though pistachio production in Turkey has increased in the last 20 years, this opportunity is yet to be discovered since yield and quality factors are still at low levels, resulting in dramatic losses in foreign market shares. Possible remedies for this problem include irrigation made available to pistachio orchards, adopting new caltivars more tolerant to diseases, preventing the illegal entrance of Iranian pistachios, facilitating the unification of pistachio producers, provoking the consumption of fresh pistachios, and expanding the business into new international markets.