The orange harvest has begun in Adana, with a yield of 360 thousand tons expected.

In Adana, one of Turkey's most important citrus production centers, the orange harvest has begun. It is noted that this year, 360 thousand tons of harvest are expected from oranges, whose yield has been significantly reduced by climate change compared to two years ago. Adana, which meets more than 65 percent of Turkey's citrus needs, has started harvesting early Navelina and Fukumoto varieties of oranges. Workers entered the orchards early in the morning for the production of oranges, which is carried out on approximately 650 thousand decares in the country and 152 thousand decares in Adana. The oranges, collected with great effort, are loaded onto trucks and transported first to the domestic market and then to many countries, primarily Russia and Ukraine. This year, oranges, like many other citrus products in Adana, were affected by the frost experienced in winter and the extreme heat in summer. It is stated that after the agricultural frost, this year's yield was 500 kilograms ...