In Turkiye, forming the base of cooperative industry and have roots dated back to 1915, Taris Figs Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, has an outstanding and honorable position in terms of the historical development of cooperatives. Due to the special fertilization and distinctive drying conditions, dried fig production is located in the Aegean region of the Menderes basin.There are 13 cooperatives and nearly 5000 member growers of the Taris Fig Union in the region. Taris Fig Union, which contributes mainly to the national economy by protecting the producers' great efforts, has been working on providing the member growers with the most appropriate data regarding their production, presenting the developments in terms of production, phytosanitary, productivity, quality and legislation to the knowledge of the producer, increasing the yield and quality during the production and processing phase, introduction of technologies, developing by-products related to dried figs, and product diversification phases. The Fig Processing and Storage Facility, which is established on a land of 60.000 m², has a closed area of 43.000 m²,by having a storage capacity of 12,000 tons per year, and 15,000 tons of dried fig processing capacity per year is one of the largest fig facilities in the world. Taris Fig Union produces natural and healthy products under the assurance of TS EN ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System, TS EN ISO 9001 Quality Management System, Halal, Kosher, BRC and IFS Food Certificates, and exports its products to many countries around the world. In order to maintain the sustainable quality and reliability in the domestic and foreign markets, Taris Fig continuously strenghts its production conditions with technological equipment for the development of hygiene and quality standards for customer satisfaction. Figs which are consolidated from the member growers are subjected to expertise in the Taris Fig Union Cooperatives’ quality standards.
