How To Identify The Quality Figs?

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Avşar D.

Academic Perspective Procedia, cilt.5, sa.3, ss.1-8, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

How To Identify The Quality Figs?

1 Dilehan AVŞAR,

1 Phd Student of Agricultural Machinery and Technologies Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University And Vocational High School of Yüksekova, Department of Organic Farming Hakkari University, Turkey

Abstract

Fig production is carried out in a very limited number of countries in the world, and accordingly, the number of countries that producing the dried figs is quite low. Turkey ranks first in the world in fig production. In our country, the most fig production is carrying out in Aydın and Aegean regions. Figs grown especially in the Büyük and Küçük Menderes basins of Aydın and İzmir are the highest quality figs in the world. The Figs produced in these regions are called the type of Sarı lop.In this study, a small scale tunnel type greenhouse model dryer was designed and manufactured. In this study, the process of drying of the figs with hot air was carried out by using a combination of uninsulated greenhouse and collector system. 'Sarılop' fig variety was chosen as the food to be dried. The experiments were carried out in Aydın in August 2021. Drying parameters were determined for the Sarı Lop figs. In addition, the figs offered to the market throughout the Aydın province were examined, the practices that should be done to prevent drying damage for the figs were determined, and the answer to the question of how to understand the quality figs was sought. In the preparation of the study, the studies of the provincial directorate of agriculture, TÜİK reports, visual and printed documents were also examined.

Keywords: Fig Drying, Greenhouse, Collector, Drying Technique