A Survey on The Determination of Statues of Mechanization of Pistachio Farming And Its Problems in Turkey

In Turkey, despite the fact that history of the pistachio nut has a great economic importance, especially in the GAP region, and extends to a long way back; the amount of production has not been achieved at the expected rate. Average yield per pistachio tree is 2 kg and the average pistachio production is 46,500 tons, currently. Because, in this region, the pistachio nut is grown under dry climate conditions and in barren soil. Additionally, pistachio growers are not trained well enough about mechanization. This research was conducted to determine mechanization possibilities of pistachio and the post harvest handlings. I t consisted of two parts, first the compilation of survey results which were obtained from farmers dealing with pistachio and the second part includes the results of post harvest processing of pistachio. For this reasion, pistachio nut growing practices, general farm, soil cultivation, pest controls, fertilization, prunning, harvesting, drying, dehulling and storing methods have been examined.