Academic Scientific JournalsVirtual Land Resources In Türkiye’s Crop Trade
Keywords:
Virtual Land Trade, Crop Trade, Türkiye, Embodied Land, Arable Land FlowsAbstract
Virtual land refers to implicit land resources displaced between countries in the trade of agricultural products. Virtual land flows can be measured using trade volume and country and year-specific yield data of products. This study aims to measure and reveal the longterm changes in virtual land flows in Türkiye’s crop trade from 1986 to 2020. The results show that Türkiye’s net virtual land imports in crop trade had increased from approximately -670 thousand hectares in 1986 to 7 million hectares in 2020. Turkey's annual average net virtual land import is 1.8 million hectares.
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