The harvest of hazelnuts for 2016 is estimated at 468 000 tonnes.
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Tuesday 12 July 2016
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According to Mr. Faruk Çelik, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Livestock, this estimate is lower than the harvest of the previous year by 180 000 tonnes. The selling price should be higher.
This significant decrease is due to frost, which occurred in the region of the Black Sea, which is the hazelnut production area per excellence of Turkey.
The minister stressed the importance of this product for the Turkish agricultural sector and recalled that 68 percent of global production is carried out by Turkey, including about 15 percent of food exports are nuts.
The minister added that significant research and development are realized in cooperation with representatives of the sector, such as the replacement of old plantations with new hazel, hazelnut stock creation etc. to resolve the problems faced by producers.
The harvest should start from August and good prices are expected.
Source : sondakika.com