|Turkey: Frost hit bean cultivated areas

Frost hit bean cultivated areas Instead of saving their frost-hit crops, farmers reseeded and started planting again AFYONKARAHİSAR - While the crops were seriously damaged after the frost event in Şuhut district, one of the bean production centers of Afyonkarahisar, many farmers started to plant beans again by reseeding the fields. Some agricultural lands in Şuhut district were negatively affected by the frost. The frost, which occurred due to the temperature dropping to minus 2 degrees at night, caused damage to the bean and potato cultivated areas in Şuhut. While the trees that bloomed in spring were frozen, the areas where beans and potatoes were planted got their share of frost. Ali Kaymak, one of the farmers whose crops were damaged, stated that they were in a difficult situation and said, "Frost occurred in the cultivated areas where beans and potatoes were located. We and all the farmers were damaged by this. We planted beans in an area of 5 decares, ...