However, most of the conventional hazelnut producers were also applying manure in addition to synthetic fertilizers.
Similarly, the organic hazelnut producers used about 30% more working capital per area compared to the conventional producers.
As expected, most of the cultivated land was allocated to hazelnut production.
Since hazelnuts are generally manually harvested by hired labor, the harvest requires the same amount of labor in both production systems.
These studies compared conventional and organic hazelnut systems.
These define the labor requirements for hazelnut production.
In this study, labor use was measured by labor hour per hectare for different hazelnut production activities.
Apart from this, similar plant care techniques are applied by both organic and conventional hazelnut producers.
