eprintid: 22083 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 15803 dir: disk0/00/02/20/83 datestamp: 2013-02-13 19:38:09 lastmod: 2013-02-13 19:38:09 status_changed: 2013-02-13 19:38:09 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show doclang: en projects: int-other projects: turkey confdates: 5-7 November, 2012 conference: Inter-Regional Cooperative Research Network on Cotton for the Mediterranean and Middle East Regions confloc: Antalya, Turkey refereed: never budget: 0 addtitle: TÜRKİYE'DE ORGANİK PAMUK ÜRETİM DURUMU docurl: http://icac.org/papers/papers-technical-information/communication-among-researchers/interregional-cooperative-network-on-cotton-for-the-mediterranean-and-middle-east-regions. publicfulltext: TRUE presentationtype: other creators_name: Erdal, Ülfet creators_name: Gürel, Aynur creators_id: ulfetozsoy@yahoo.com creators_id: aynur.gurel@ege.edu.tr. title: STATUS OF ORGANIC COTTON PRODUCTION IN TURKEY ispublished: unpub subjects: 1organics keywords: Pamuk, Turkiye,Üretim, Cotton, Turkey, Production abstract: Cotton production has been improved in respect to amount and quality with contributions of scientific and technological innovations. Increased sensitivity to health and environmental issues has caused development of new subjects such as organic agriculture. Organic production systems are based on specific standards that combine tradition, innovation and science. It sustains human and animal health and maintains ecosystem and soil quality. Organic agriculture stops the use of pesticides and nutrient pollution. Turkey has a good knowledge on organic farming and is one of the leading countries in this regard. Organic cotton is grown in 23 countries around the World. India, Syria and Turkey in can be seen in the rank of the countries related with organic cotton production in 2011. Textile Exchange Organic Cotton Farm and Fiber Report in 2011 announced that organic cotton production increased 15 percent from 209.950 metric tons (MT) in 2008 - 09 to 241.276 MT (1.1 million bales) grown on 461.000 hectares (1.14 million acres) in 2009 - 2010 in the world. Organic cotton now represents approximately 1.1 percent of global cotton production. In the future, it is anticipated that demand for organic cotton fiber will be greater than supply. Organic cotton is considered as a niche product or niche-market product up to now, but textile sector relevant to organic cotton with the effects of consumer awareness is start to move from a niche market to mainstream with contributions of many clothing companies. In Turkey, organic cotton production faced with fluctuations from year to year due to several difficulties such as pest and disease intensity, marketing and contracting problems, demand and supply balance, etc. Taking into consideration demands of producers and consumers of cotton and also textile manufacturers, several product types including organic and also natural colored cottons have to be created in order to provide progress in this field. date: 2012-11-05 date_type: submitted editors_name: Alay Vural, Ayşen editors_id: aavural@tagem.gov.tr full_text_status: public contact_email: ulfetozsoy@yahoo.com voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: Cotton voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1926 fp7_project: no access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess citation: Erdal, Ülfet and Gürel, Aynur (2012) STATUS OF ORGANIC COTTON PRODUCTION IN TURKEY. [TÜRKİYE'DE ORGANİK PAMUK ÜRETİM DURUMU.] Inter-Regional Cooperative Research Network on Cotton for the Mediterranean and Middle East Regions, Antalya, Turkey, 5-7 November, 2012. [Submitted] document_url: /id/eprint/22083/1/04-STATUS-OF-ORGANIC-COTTON-PRODUCTION-IN-TURKEY021.pdf