Turkey: Sugar beet production decreased in 2024

The President of the Union of Chambers of Agriculture of Turkey, Şemsi Bayraktar, attended the sugar beet harvest in Aksaray. The President of the Aksaray Chamber of Agriculture, Emin Koçak, and the heads of the chambers of agriculture from other districts accompanied Bayraktar at the harvest ceremony. Bayraktar, who harvested with the farmers, said, “Our country has an important position among the countries that produce sugar from beets with a share of 6.6 percent in world sugar beet production. It ranks 5th in the world and 4th in Europe. We allocate 3.6 million decares of our agricultural lands for sugar beet production. Although it varies by year, an average of 19.5 million tons of sugar beet was produced annually in the last 10 years. In 2023, 25 million 250 thousand tons of sugar beet were produced on 3.6 million decares. With a record production in 2023, our sugar beet production exceeded 25 million for the first time. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute Plant ...