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IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING IN ORGANIC FOOD RETAIL – EcoQualify III. Framework Analysis Report Turkey. Organic Production in Turkey. Organic Products Exports from Turkey *. *MARA, 2011. Certification Bodies / Agencies.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING IN ORGANIC FOOD RETAIL – EcoQualify III FrameworkAnalysisReport Turkey
Organic Products Exports from Turkey* *MARA, 2011
Certification Bodies / Agencies • 2 Committees within the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs • Committee of Organic Agriculture • Committee of Organic Agriculture National Support
Places where the agricultural producers /farmers sale their organic produce
The current state of organic food retailing • Organic food retailing: legislation, certification and inspection: • controlled by the National Orientation Committee of Organic Agriculture • Type of the retail stores: • Open markets • Corners of the super/hypermarkets • Special organic retail stores
The current state of organic food retailing • Organic products sold in the retail stores; Local production or import (percentage) • Organic product import: less than 1000 tons annually • Raspberry & blueberry jam • Roquefort cheese • Soya meal • Herbal teas • Pickled cucumber • Coffee • Coconut • Cookies
The most important topics of training for the interviewed producers interested in organic food retailing
The most important topics of training for the retailers interested in organic retailing training
References • Altay, H., 2009. Organic Agriculture, Lecture Notes. CanakkaleOnsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Agriculture (in Turkish). • Ataseven, Y. and Güneş, E., 2008. The Production of Processed Organic Agricultural Products and Development in Its Trade in Turkey. U.Ü. ZiraatFakültesiDergisi, Vol. 22, No:2, 25-33 (in Turkish). • DPT, 2006. 9th Development Plan of Turkey, Report prepared by the State Planning Organization under the Prime Ministry of Turkey, 101 pp. (in Turkish). • Koç, A.A., Asci, S., Alpas, H., Giray, F.H., and Gay, S.H., 2011. Food Quality Assurance Systems in Turkey. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 91 pp. • MARA, 2011. Organic Agriculture Statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of Turkey. • Özbilge, Z., 2007.An Analysis of Organic Agriculture in Turkey: The Current Situation and Basic Constraints. Journal of Central European Agriculture, Vol. 8, No: 2, 213-222.