University of agribusiness and rural development, Fiscal policy, globalization and economic growth: sustainable development challenges and perspectives

Font Size: 
INVESTMENT POTENTIAL OF MACROALGAE CULTURE IN ÇANAKKALE, TURKEY
Gülen Türker, İlknur AK

Last modified: 2020-02-27

Abstract


Macroalgae utilized in various fields during human history are recently used in medicine, pharmaceutics, and food industries. According to 2019 FAO data, macroalgae value up 30% of aquaculture and constitute all, 11.4 billion US dollars economic size. Thanks to its geomorphological salinity differences, the Çanakkale province supplies a farming possibility to many economically valued algae species. Although many academic studies are carried on, it has not been started commercially cultivation, yet. Turkey should be supported to take its place in the big market of seaweed culture technologies be exportation into algae production attended industrial projects.


Keywords


macroalgae, cultivation, investment, Çanakkale, Turkey