Agriculture and Livestock

69% of the agricultural production value in Osmaniye consists of vegetable production and 31% animal production.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION VALUE

 Crop Production Value

1.969.527.100,00TL

 Animal Production Value

    885.100.556,00TL

 Total Agricultural Production Value

2.854.627.656,00TL

The surface area of ​​our province is 327.982 hectares and there are total 129.068 hectares of agricultural area. 78.44% of the agricultural land is made up of fields, 14.13% is made up of fruit fields and the rest is vegetable land(3,60%) and fallow land(3,83%). 859,580 decares of our province's agricultural land, which is cultivated on 1,290,681 decares, is irrigable and 713,329 decares of it is irrigated.

 

Agriculture, wheat, peanuts, corn, sunflower, soy and radish are the products that come to the fore. In addition, the production of olives, oranges and cherries is important. Peanut and its products, olive processing and olive oil, flour and bakery products, feed and packaging facilities provide important contributions to the economy of our province.

 

29,7% of Peanut production in Turkey, while the radish production 80,7%, 9% of okra production, 5,1% of corn production, 2% of olive production, 1,8% of the spinach production, 1,4% of the lettuce production takes place in Osmaniye.

Osmaniye has an investment potential in the field of greenhouse cultivation for the people and companies that will invest in agriculture with its strengths such as climatic conditions, being the agricultural center of the region, land, sea and railway networks.

Production Areas and Amounts of Some Field Crops Produced in Osmaniye

Product

Production Area (daa)

Production Amount (ton)

Wheat

470.089

200.708

Corn

369.072

458.322

Groundnut

129.081

50.372

Sunflower

72.870

23.200

Soya

13.159

10.269

Sesame

11.095

377

Some Fruit Cultivation Area and Production Amounts Produced in Osmaniye

Product

Production Area (daa)

Production Amount (ton)

Olive

149.640

79.418

Citrus

10.351

31.297

Cherry

5.367

4.379

Walnut

4.447

1.200

Pomegranate

2.232

6.482


Some Vegetable Sowing Area and Production Amounts Produced in Osmaniye

Product

Production Area (daa)

Production Amount (ton)

Radish

40.150

159.875

Pepper

6.159

17.753

Watermelon

3.524

20.820

Spinach

14.360

14.513

Tomato (Table)

5.036

17.482

Source: Osmaniye Directorate Of Provincial Agriculture And Forestry, 2019