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CAHİT DOĞAN YAĞCI: WE ARE THE WORLD LEADER IN OREGANO PRODUCTION

Press release…

Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairperson of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that people tend to consume healthy and herbal products with the pandemic.

Stating that there is an increase in the demand for forestry products such as oregano (thyme), laurel, sage and lime,

Yağcı also underlined that Turkey is the world leader in oregano (thyme) and laurel.

Yağcı said, “The demand for non-wood forestry products will continue to increase. We expect the export of non-wood forestry products, which reached 160 million dollars in 2020, to exceed 200 million dollars in 2021. We are focused on the training of farmers in order for our country to offer quality and standard production to world markets.”

“It is clear that for the future of the agricultural sector in our country, which ranks first in Europe and in the 7th place across the world in terms of agricultural production, it is necessary to move forward with a sustainable agriculture understanding integrated with technology. I congratulate the World Farmers’ Day with my sincere feelings,” Yağcı added.

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