What is condition of agricultural in turkey?

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What is condition of agricultural in turkey?

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Turkey's agricultural sector employs 35.9% of the workforce and produces 11.2% of GDP. The implication particularly of the high level of employment is that the agricultural sector relies primarily on manual labor and is relatively unmechanized. This is a traditional rather than modern approach to agriculture.

The primary agricultural products are tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; and livestock.

From the U.S. Library of Congress: Agriculture--the occupation of the majority of Turks--continued to be a crucial sector of the economy in the mid-1990s, although industrial production was rising. Turkey's fertile soil and hard-working farmers make the country one of the few in the world that is self-sufficient in terms of food. Turkey's great variety of microclimates and adequate rainfall permit a broad range of crops. Farming is conducted throughout the country, although it is less common in the mountainous eastern regions, where animal husbandry is the principal activity. In the mid-1990s, crop cultivation accounted for about two-thirds and livestock for one-third of the gross value of agricultural production; forestry and fishing combined contributed a minimal amount.