Status of Greenhouse Production in Turkey: Focusing on Vegetable and Floriculture Production

摘要

Greenhouses provide an enclosed growing environment that can be controlled, year round. This allows intensive culture with annual yields many times higher than for field production. Greenhouse production is a highly intensive enterprise requiring substantial labor and capital inputs. Because of this, potential growers should carefully consider all of the factors necessary for better crop yields, higher labor productivity, energy efficiency and a successful enterprise. Greenhouse production enables overcoming climatic diversity and the use of the sun's free energy. However, the structure selected and the practice in production not only depends upon the location and the climate but also economics, politics and social structures of that location in a particular country.