MERSIN 6th INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE FAIR
Mersin 6th International Agriculture & Horticulture Fair will be held on 3 - 6 March 2011 together with the cooperation of Mersin Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Forza Fairs & Organization Services Inc.Production capacity of about 36 million tons of fruit and vegetables in a year that has allowed to Turkey to gain one of the most important exporters all Europe.
Mersin as a city, located in Mediterranean coast of Turkey and with's 1600 hectare agricultural lands Mersin is Turkey's agricultural warehouse. Also, Mersin has the second greatest city on greenhouse production with the scope of all Turkey. Mersin has also some advantages in agricultural production such as fertile soil, subtropical climate, avarage 290 days / year sunny days, wide crop variety, early fruit / vegetable growing, plenty of water, %64 lemon production,%69 citrus, %86 pulse exportation of Turkey is made over from Mersin, modern greenhouses, conditions are suitable for agricultural production and investment and also for organic production. Packaging sector is also impostants sub sector of agriculture for Mersin due to reason of Mersin’s high potential in fruit and vegetables production. Also %25 of flower production made over from Mersin.
