Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Table 1: Agricultural land in years
Area of cereals and other crop Area of
fruits,
beverage and
spice crops
Land under
Total utilized products Area of Area of permanent
Years agricultural
land Sown
area
Fallow
land
vegetable
gardens
ornamental
plants
meadow
and
pastures
2001 40,967 17,917 4,914 909 - 2,610 14,617
2002 41,196 17,935 5,040 930 - 2,674 14,617
2003 40,644 17,408 4,991 911 - 2,717 14,617
2004 41,210 17,962 4,956 895 - 2,780 14,617
2005 41,223 18,005 4,876 894 - 2,831 14,617
2006 40,493 17,440 4,691 850 - 2,895 14,617
2007 39,504 16,945 4,219 815 - 2,909 14,617
2008 39,122 16,460 4,259 836 - 2,950 14,617
2009 38,912 16,217 4,323 811 - 2,943 14,617
2010 39,011 16,333 4,249 802 - 3,011 14,617
2011 38,231 15,692 4,017 810 4 3,091 14,617
2012 38,399 15,463 4,286 827 5 3,201 14,617
2013 38,423 15,613 4,148 808 5 3,232 14,617
2014 38,558 15,782 4,108 804 5 3,243 14,617
2015 38,551 15,723 4,114 809 5 3,284 14,617
Source: TURKSTAT (2016)
Source: For land under permanent meadows and pastures 2001 General Agricultural Censuses, fo r other Ministry
o f Food, Agriculture and Livestock
Note. Figures may not be equal to total due to rounding off.
Additional to all, there are also products of animal origin. Animal products such as meat, milk,
eggs, honey and secondary products are indeed highly valuable and important for human
nutrition and it is not possible to substitute them with any other food items. The animals whose
meat contribute for the agricultural production the most are beef, chicken, sheep, goat, turkey
and buffalo respectively (FAO, 2013). Although the most slaughtered animal is sheep, its
production value can be ranked as third. Chicken and beef meat come before sheep in terms of
production value. Also, the export value of the chicken meat is the highest among all animals.
Similarly, the most important sources of milk and dairy products are goat, sheep, cows and
buffalo 91.7% of the total dairy production comes from the cow’s milk, 6% from the sheep’s
milk, 2% from goat’s milk and 0.3% from buffalo milk (FAO, 2013).
Around 15% of the total agricultural production is made up of by dairy products which have a
high production values. Among the most frequently consumed dairy products, there are various
types of cheese, yoghurt and butter. Milk in liquid is consumed less compared to those dairy
products. In the recent years, production and consumption of refined milk have increased
gradually due to the industrial developments. Eggs are produced mostly in such regions as
Central Anatolia, Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Western Black Sea and Eastern Anatolia
(FAO, 2013).
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