Aksu district of Antalya farmer cocktail tomatoes due to the decrease in the price of the crop left to decay. Tomato producer for 15 TL said the farmer, “the markets are sold for 70 TL. Who eats the difference,” he reacted.
“We did not harvest the product and left it in its branch”
Tomato manufacturers in Aksu district of Antalya, which is one of the largest coverage agricultural centers in Türkiye, are suffering from low prices. Aksu Yurtpınar neighborhood of 5 decares of production in the 20 -year -old farmer Mustafa Güvendir, tomatoes had to sell well below the cost, so he did not harvest the product in the branch, he said.
Great, at the beginning of the season, the price of 70 TL cocktail tomatoes can be sold for only 15 TL at the moment, and even the cost of the cost can not meet. Stating that the production cost is at least 30-35 TL, the farmer revealed the difficulty by calculating how many kilos of tomatoes should sell to buy a kilo of nylon.
“Exporters remain indifferent”
“A kilo of linoleum 100 pounds. 15 TL I should sell tomatoes how many kilos I should sell,” said the trust, the tomato remained in the branch, said he did not harvest for a month and a half. He said that he sent his tomatoes into the state, but the exporters remained indifferent and that the prices were very low in the domestic market.
Emphasizing that he has been doing greenhouses for 20 years, he said he had experienced such a crisis in cocktail tomatoes for the first time. Expressing the despair of the future, the farmer said, “I will look for a farm or another livelihood. Because I have to think about my child’s future,” he said.
“Who is eating the difference?”
“The cost of tomatoes is 35 TL, the sales price is 15 TL. The markets are sold for 70 TL. Who eats the difference,” he reacted by reacting, the authorities asked for support. Not only agriculture but also food safety in the country will be threatened in the event that the producer will be threatened, “Today, the farmers despise, sees the future hard,” he reiterated his call.
