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ANKARA- Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar evaluated the 10th February World Pulses Day with a video press statement.
Bayraktar emphasised that ‘Pulses, which are among the essential part of Turkish cuisine, are also indispensable products whose importance increases every year since they are a product group rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and fibre’ and continued his statement as follows;
“Among the 7 types of edible pulses grown in our country, chickpeas, dried beans and lentils are the most produced and each of the legumes has different nutritional values.
Pulses are frequently recommended by doctors and dieticians in recent years when fastfood and ready-to-eat food consumption has risen. In addition, pulses are often preferred in crop rotation because they help the accumulation of organic matter in the soil and improve the soil structure. This increases the importance of legumes in agricultural production. In this direction, 2016 was declared as the ‘International Year of Pulses’ by the United Nations and it was decided that 10 February every year will be ‘World Pulses Day’ in the following period.”
“Since 1990, pulse cultivation area has decreased by 56.6 percent and production by 33.2 percent”
“Although pulse production in Türkiye is spread throughout the country, it is concentrated in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Central Anatolia Region and the south of the Marmara Region. In general, red lentils are grown in the Southeast, green lentils in Central Anatolia, broad beans in the Aegean and Southern Marmara regions, chickpeas and dry beans in many regions,” Bayraktar said.
“Of the total edible legume production, 42.7 percent is chickpeas, 30.1 percent is red lentils, 20.7 percent is dry beans and 5.3 percent is green lentils. The remaining 1.1 per cent is made up of other pulses.
The legume cultivation area in our country, which was 20.3 million decares in 1990, has decreased to 8.7 million decares today. In other words, there has been a 56.6 percent decrease in our cultivation areas. Likewise, there was a 33.2 per cent decline in production,” Bayraktar concluded…
