Mushroom production and projection in Turkey using ARIMA (Box-Jenkins)

The need for alternative food sources has become more important with the rapid increase in population. Mushroom is an important food, which can be harvested more than once a year under suitable conditions, easily grown and is high in nutritional value. It can also grow spontaneously in nature depending on the season and meet the nutritional needs of people living in the rural areas. The purpose of this study was to examine the mushroom production in Turkey and estimations were made to determine mushroom production in Turkey in the future. In this context, using the data from 1985-2016, mushroom production values for the next ten years have been estimated using ARIMA (Box-Jenkins). The results showed that the mushroom production of Turkey would exceed 100 thousand tons in 2025 by gradually increasing