Özet:

Approximately one fifth of the World’s apricot producing is being supplied with Turkey. Apricot orcharding has wide range field in our country. Besides, its agriculture being done almost in our every culture, %85 of the production is carried out by Malatya, Mersin, and Kahramanmaras.  Malatya, which is identified to apricot, on the other hand, provides more than the half of the country’s production. Kars- Igdir territory brings into existence one of the important apricot cultivation areas of our country. This territory, which has got a convenient feature of microclimate for orcharding in rough continental climate in Eastern Anatolia Region, comes to the fore in terms of some features even if it supplies like approximately %7 rate of the production of the country. Its essential superiority is devoted to exportation for being demanded from abroad is because of its high productiveness per tree, kind of age for qualified edible, especially of its aromatic feature. In Kars province, the absolute amount of this production is made on Aras Valley and on its affluent. Kagizman district provides almost all the production of apricot in Kars province. In the province; apricots, şekerpare (small cakes with syrup), Malatya and unrefined kinds of apricot are cultivated. Types of apricos and şekerpare are the ones that have economic value. Apricos, which has the widest range field and cultivated at the bottom land the most, is the kind commercialized abroad as edible almost all and is produced high income. Some part of the apricot that is produced at the territory is sent to the juice factories in various provinces. Besides apricot producing in Kagizman is an important source of income, there are various flaws in question from producing to marketing as well. In this study, production situation of apricot and its contribution to the economy of territory is handled, by identifying the problems which are related to production and marketing, solution offers that are aimed at these problems are developed.

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