a. Land Condition

b. Irrigation Status

391 541 hectares of 425,045 hectares of agricultural land in Malatya is suitable for irrigation. 198 715 hectares (50.75%) of this is irrigated.

Irrigated land; 59 004 hectares is realized by public irrigation.

If the irrigation projects of the State Hydraulic Works and Rural Services are completed, 63 1 94 hectares of land will be opened for irrigation. Thus, the amount of irrigated land will increase to 261 909 hectares, and 67% of the land suitable for irrigation will be irrigated.

c. Herbal Production

Plant production in Malatya is mainly based on apricot. Annual average dried apricot production is around 80 to 100 thousand tons. With the completion of large irrigation projects under construction, dried apricot production is expected to increase by around 50%.

90% of the world dried apricot market belongs to Turkey. 70% of this is met from Malatya. Every year, a foreign currency inflow of around 130 to 150 million USD is provided to the country's economy from apricots.

However, in order to expand market opportunities, diversification projects were prepared by the Agriculture II Directorate for agricultural products that can be grown in terms of first and soil conditions, and necessary studies were started in this regard. Within the scope of this project; Cherry and Starking apple production will be developed in Yeşilyurt district, walnut cultivation in Hekimhan, Pütürge, Doğanyol, Kuluncak and Darende districts, grape production in Arapgir, Yeşilyurt, Pütürge districts and Konak Town and Beydağı of Merkez district, strawberry in Kale district and forage crops throughout the province.

D. farming

Animal husbandry in Malatya is perceived as a supporter of plant production and the number of farmers engaged in animal husbandry remains limited. In the studies conducted in Malatya due to the geographical structure, importance is given to the spread of sheep breeding in the mountainous areas and further development of dairy cattle breeding in the plains. Because in the current situation, small cattle breeding in the mountainous area is not efficient enough, and the desired and expected production cannot be achieved in the cattle breeding in the plain.

Beekeeping activities in Malatya are being expanded especially in mountainous and forested areas.

1. Agriculture Projects

• Collection and Circassian Irrigation; The project, which was tendered in 1992, covers 14 481 ha. will irrigate the field. Its physical realization is 82%. The project amount is 20.6 Trillion TL. The end date is 2001.
• Malatya-Sultansuyu Arkıkebir Irrigation; It was tendered in 1997 and when finished, 2 250 ha. will irrigate the area. The physical realization of the project is 17%. The project amount is 2.3 Trillion TL. The end date is 2001.
• Kapikaya Dam; When the project, which was tendered in 1998, is completed, 3,662 ha. the area will be irrigated. The project amount is 36.2 trillion TL and its physical realization is 16%. The end date is 2003.
• Boztepe Project (Kuruçay); It was tendered in 1997, 10 606 ha. will irrigate the area. The project amount is 39.5 trillion TL and its physical realization is 16%. The end date is 2004.
• Yoncali Project; 12 045 ha. The dam construction of the project, which will irrigate the area and whose tender was made in 1995, continues and its physical realization is 41%. The project amount is 96.3 trillion TL. The end date is 2005.
• Gökpınar Irrigation Construction; 6 061 ha. 42% of the project, which will irrigate the area and was tendered in 1995, has been completed. The project amount is 23.8 Trillion TL. The end date is 2003.
• Yarimcahan Irrigation Project; The project, which is located on the right shore of the Karakaya dam lake, is for irrigation purposes and has a total area of ​​7 524 ha when completed. will irrigate the area. Yarimcahan plain will be irrigated with pumped water from Karakaya dam lake. In 2000 unit prices, the facility cost of the project is 1 5.5 trillion TL, and the investment cost is 21.4 trillion TL.

2. Malatya-Adıyaman-Yeşilyurt Highway Project

I - When the Malatya-Adıyaman-Yeşilyurt Highway Project, which will connect Malatya to the GAP Region, is completed, there will be a shortening of 70 km. When the project is completed, a faster connection will be established with Şanlıurfa, at the center of the GAP, through Adıyaman in terms of raw material supply and market access to Malatya.

II - The 55 km part of the 1 km project on the Adıyaman side has been completed. 22 km part of it was tendered by Malatya in 1991, as of the end of 1999 19.5 km. finished at asphalt level.

In order to provide the Adıyaman-Malatya connection, the remaining 34 km. On its way, the project is ready and its cost is 10 trillion TL.

3. Mount Nemrut Touristic Road Project

Nemrut Ören, which attracts more attention of domestic and foreign tourists every year, can be reached via Malatya by the shortest and easiest way. However, the road between Tepehan and Nemrut is very poor. For this purpose, the project of the 94 km (Elazig-Malatya) Ayr.-Tepehan-Ayr.-Nemrut Mountain-(Narince-Gerger) road has been prepared. When the project is completed, Malatya's Pütürge district and Adıyaman's Kahta district will be connected to each other by road over Nemrut Mountain, thus enabling the tourists coming to Malatya to go to the GAP region, and the tourists coming from Adıyaman to Malatya, Elazığ and other Eastern provinces by a short route.

It is clear that the industry concentrated in the city center in Malatya gained a certain momentum, gained a relative advantage, and external economies and productive services were formed in the city, which put the industrial formation in a cumulative cyclical process. For example, the gross value added in self-employment and services, which can be taken as an indicator of a part of producer services, increased by 53% between 1987-1997. The province of Malatya has started to create nearly 30% of the added value created in the entire Region in 1997 in these activities.

Malatya province is the fastest growing province in the entire Region as it has achieved a certain acceleration in industry. The total gross value added of the province increased by one third (33.82%) between 1987-1997.

The following result emerges from this progress. Malatya has made a breakthrough in industrialization recently and has started to drag other sectors, especially the sectors it is linked back to, together. Malatya's acceleration in industry stems from being in a plain where agriculture is dominant and having more skilled human resources as far as can be measured by education level. Undoubtedly, entrepreneurship has a role in this. Malatya has shown that it has a relative advantage in certain sub-sectors of the industry with its industrial performance for the last fifteen years. The diversification of industry and the development of productive services also point to the development of agglomeration economies in Malatya.

Sectoral Distribution of the Manufacturing Industry

There are a total of 134 medium and large scale industrial facilities in Malatya, 3 of which are public and 131 are privately owned. 86 of these facilities operate in the Organized Industrial Zone. In addition, 42 medium and large scale industrial facilities are under construction, 31 of which are located in the 1st Organized Industrial Zone. 4 Industrial Facilities, which have not started to be built in the Organized Industrial Zone, are still in the project phase.

Selected Industrial Products Production