Stone producers disturbed by Iranian stone

Yalova Chamber of Agriculture President Şaban Beşli said that this year, due to both agricultural frost causing a decrease in yield and the entry of Iranian kiwis into the market, producers are experiencing a difficult harvest period. According to the vegetable production estimate announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute, it is expected that Turkey's kiwi production will decrease by 16 percent from 92 thousand tons to 77 thousand tons, but the figures on the ground tell a different story. Beşli stated that approximately half of Turkey's kiwi production comes from Yalova, saying, "So the estimates are somewhat incorrect. This year, due to agricultural frost, we have a harvest of about 25 thousand tons. There has been a yield loss of up to 40 percent compared to last year." Reminding that kiwis were exempted from agricultural frost support, Beşli said that the first blow was taken by the farmer with this and the second blow with Iranian kiwis. Expressing that imported kiwis ...