Difficult Season Preparation Begins for Fig Producers in Aydın

In Aydın, where the world's highest quality figs are produced, farmers have begun their challenging seasonal preparations. As a summer fruit, fig trees are going through an extremely difficult process in preparation for harvest, with labor performed in Aydın's scorching heat. In fig orchards in Aydın's villages, which are plowed with traditional plows, the hoeing period has begun after plowing. In Aydın, where temperatures reach up to 38 degrees, farmers start working with the first light of morning to avoid being affected by the burning heat. The extremely difficult hoeing work begins around 05:30 AM and ends around 12:30 PM on extremely hot days. Producer Nimetullah Yavaş, noting that they do not neglect plowing and hoeing to ensure better yield from fig trees that require care and attention like a child, stated that fig cultivation is quite challenging, saying, "Due to the summer season, we come to the orchard early in the morning and start working. Hoeing is a very difficult ...