Borsamız öncülüğünde düzenlenen ve Nizip’te Antep Fıstığı sektöründe faaliyet gösteren üyelerimizi bir araya getiren “Antep Fıstığı Sorunları ve Çözüm Önerileri Çalıştayı Borsamızda düzenlendi.
Çalistayin açılış konuşmasını yapan Genel Sekreter Yardımcımız ve Kalite Akreditasyon Sorumlumuz Abuzer Küpeli “Bugün fıstığın sorunlarını konuşmak ve çözüm önerilerini tartismak için buradayız. Nizip’li fıstık tüccarlari olarak bu sorunların çözüm adresi sizlersiniz” diyerek hazırlamış olduğu sunumu katılımcılar ile paylaştı.
Hazırlamış olduğu sunumda; Ülkemizde yetiştirilen Antep Fıstığının %90’lik kisminin Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Adiyaman, Kahramanmaraş ve Siirt'te bulundugunu belirten Abuzer Küpeli, Gaziantep bölgesindeki fıstığın ise %70’inin Nizip’te yetistirildigini belirtti. “Ekonomik açıdan bakildiginda bu durum, Nizip ilçesini Antep Fıstığı üretim, ticaret ve ihracat merkezi haline getirmektedir” diyen Küpeli Antep fistigindaki bazı genel sorunları katılımcılar ile paylaştı.
Katilimcilarin görüş alışverişinde bulunduğu ve çalıştay sırasında gündeme gelen Antep Fıstığı sektöründeki bazı sorunlar su şekilde siralandi;
· Pistachio standard is not up to date and does not meet the needs
· Absence or inadequacy of cooperation
· Lack of training and knowledge of the producer
· Pistachios are not included in the scope of support
· Difficulties experienced during harvest
· Lack of mature male trees in the gardens and growing male saplings is very difficult.
· Insufficient drip irrigation in production (irrigation and timely harvest increases the ratio and quality of hazelnuts)
· Pistachio standards are not up-to-date and sufficient (including good storage standards)
· Licensed warehousing is not available in pistachios (there is in hazelnuts)
· Existence of stockists outside the sector for investment purposes only
· Keeping peanuts in inappropriate conditions between production and final storage
Uncontrolled and unconscious use of pesticides and fertilizers
· Lack of an accredited business (a standard/processing model can be created by taking a successful agricultural sales cooperatives association as an example business, and practical training can be given to other operators and employees here.)
· Aflatoxin problem, poor quality peanuts containing aflatoxin being supplied to the domestic market and inadequate inspections.
Contact with water during processing increases hygiene risks
· Carrying out cracking at home increases hygiene risks (solution: planning the natural cracks to be sold with shells, and the unchopped ones to be sold as peanuts).
· Lack of vocational training, accreditation and certification in peanut processing (e.g. peanut roasting specialist certificate)
· Traders mix different peanuts coming from various regions in order to complete the order, and there is the threat of smuggled peanuts from time to time.
· Lack of quality certificates (preferred by large buyers and a reliable supplier position can be achieved with production, processing and packaging in accordance with national and international product and system standards)
· Lack of pistachio marketing strategy document
· Marketing strategy should focus on "aroma" and "flavor"
· Lack of price stability (price strategy document should be created)
· Inability to plan and provide ongoing products to buyers due to the on-off year in production.
·High prices in the domestic market
· Problems in supplying quality products to marketers (peanut standards and licensed warehousing issues should be improved)
· Pistachios are still (sometimes) known as Sam pistachios.
· Some illegalities in production and sales negatively affect the exporter.
· It was listed as not having Pistachio Organized Industrial Zone.
Ayrıca Abuzer Küpeli “Borsamızın Fıstık İş Han’inda üyelerimizin bir araya gelip, günlük fıstık fiyatlarını görüsüp, fikir alışverişinde bulunabilecegi bir irtibat bürosu kurulmasi yönündeki çalışmaları devam etmektedir” dedi.
One of the items discussed at the meeting, pistachios being included in the scope of support, received support from all participants. Participants agreed that support should be given to the product, not the soil. It was agreed that the support to be given to the product would prevent unregistered activities and contribute to the economy.
