TRANSITION FROM TOBACCO TO OLIVES: AKHISAR (MANISA) SAMPLE

While tobacco and tobacco sector has a tendency to lose importance with the sense of “healthy life” in the world, especially in developed countries, olive oil and its consumption is increasing. Turkey is also in the same process due to partially different factors. As a result of the Turkey’s agriculture policy that has been changing recently, while the fields of tobacco are getting narrower, the fields of olive oil are getting broader. Akhisar county still one of the important tobacco producing center in Turkey, despite the effects of the change in tobacco and olive production policies. In recent years, There are increasing olive production field while tobacco field decreased in Akhisar. Thus, Akhisar becomes important “olive production center” in addition to the important “tobacco production center”. These converts in agricultural production from tobacco to olive is caused important changes in population and agricultural economic situation of county.