Olive growing in Adana
Akdeniz region · 73.893 t of olives and 9.861 t of olive oil in 2024-25.
In the 2024-25 season Adana harvested 73.893 tonnes of olives from 3.068.000 bearing trees — an average of 24.1 kg per tree. Of that crop 10.273 t went to the table and 63.621 t to pressing, yielding 9.861 tonnes of olive oil.
Where it stands
- 4 of 9 in the Akdeniz region — 9.2% of the region's crop, 2.1% of Turkey's
- 24.1 kg per tree — 7.0 kg above the regional average of 17.1 kg
- 14% of the crop goes to the table (regional average 15%) — oil-oriented
Olives in Çukurova: the second crop
In Adana the olive grows on the broad plains of Çukurova. But with vegetables, citrus and cotton dominating the region, the olive has never been the primary crop — the general picture across the Mediterranean region.
Even so, the region's 15% share of area yields 23% of output: more crop per unit of land than the Aegean. Adana's yield per tree bears this out.
Recorded varieties include Çelebi and Edremit (Ayvalık). That the Edremit variety has in recent years been planted in Antalya, Mersin, Adana, Kahramanmaraş and Mardin illustrates an Aegean variety spreading south.
2024-25 season
| Bearing trees | 3.068.000 |
| Olives | 73.893 t |
| To the table | 10.273 t (%14) |
| For oil | 63.621 t |
| Olive oil | 9.861 t |
| Per tree | 24.1 kg |
Only the current season is published for this province; the eleven-year series exists for İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Muğla, Bursa and Çanakkale.
Varieties of the Akdeniz region
Varieties are recorded by region in the source, not by province.
Adana in our articles
- Olive varieties: seventeen Turkish varieties in numbers
- Chilling requirement in olives: which variety grows where?
- The Gemlik olive: small fruit, six times the flesh
- Structural problems of Turkish olive growing
- Where do olives grow in Türkiye, and where don't they?
- The Ayvalık (Edremit) olive: one variety, two names
- Adana Topağı: the olive cultivar that needs the least cold
- Which table olive variety is best?