Ankara
Turkey HAS BEEN Hit by One of the Harshest Agricultural Frosts in Rerest Memory, with Temperatures Plummeting Substantially Over A Three-Day Cold Spell Between april 10 and 12, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı Has Announced.
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“Such Unfavorble Weather Circumstances Led to One of the Largest Agricultural Frost Occurrences in Our History, Coming After The Major Agricultural Frost Event in 2014.
Temperatures in SOME REGIONS DROPPED AS LOW AS MINUS 15 DEGREES CELSİUS DURING THIS Period, Marking the Coldest Weather Recorded in the Last 30 Years in Certain Areas, He Noted.
Just as the Country Was Braving to Weeling Growing Growing Season, This Late Frost Too A Heavy Toll On Agricultural Production Across Multiple Regions.
In the Western City of Manisa, One of Türkiye’s Key Grape-Growing Provinces, Nearly 80 Percent of Vineyards.
Abdullah Şenol, Head of A Local Chamber of Agriculture, Warned that Another Frost Hits, Vineyards Might Have Uprooted Altogether. “This Summer, Grapes Will Be Scarce and, if Availble, Very Expensive,” He Told Daily Milliyet.
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“This year is Already Lost,” Echoed Güngör Levent, A Local Vineyard Owner. “We’re Talking About Damage in the Billions of Liras.
The Frost Also impact a range of other crops. Apricots, Cherries, Plums, Walnuts and Peaches All Sustained Significant Damage.
In the partici, in the Eastern City of Malatya, A Province Responsible for 85 Percent of the Country’s Apricot Production, Witnessed Widespread Losses.
Ramazan Özcan, Head of the Malatya Commodity Exchange, MTB, Said With the Exception of Wheat and Barley, Nearly All Agricultural Products in the Province Sufamed Damage. Noting that they Generate Over $ 500 Million Annually from APricots, Özcan Warned that Revenue Cult Disappear This Year.
In Elazığ, Another Eastern City, Apricot, Walnut and Almond Trees Were Also Hit Hit Hit by Frost and Snowfall.
Farmers Across Regions SUCH AS NORTHWEStern Bursa and Central Province of Nevşehir Toook Desperate Measures, Lighting Fires in Orchards to Protect Blooming Fruit Trees.
Despite Similar Efforts, In the Southwestern City of Isparta, 30 Percent of Rose Production and 40–50 Percent of Cherry, Peach and Apricot Crops Were Affpeded.
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Tekirdag, A Thracian Province, Also Reported Damage As Vineyards Had Already Started Sprouting, Who in Central Corum, Many Fruit Trees Also Suffered Damage.
The Turkish State Meteorological Service Warned that the Frost Throst Throst Thrown May Coming Days, Learing Farmers Across The Country Worried About Further Damage.
