200 billion frost damage in Malatya apricots

The agricultural frost that damaged agricultural products in many provinces of Turkey hit apricot trees the hardest. MTSO President Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu said that the economic loss in Malatya, the center of apricots, reached 200 billion liras. Mithat Yurdakul / ANKARA - While the agricultural frost experienced in Turkey caused great damage to the producers' crops, one of the products that suffered the greatest damage was the Malatya apricot. Malatya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO) President Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu said, “Our export loss alone is 500 million dollars. When we calculate the contribution of agricultural pesticides, fertilizers, tents, tarpaulins, machinery and equipment and transportation directly related to apricots and the labor force, our economic loss reaches 200 billion TL.” Sadıkoğlu, who drew attention to the fact that the amount of product will decrease in the coming years due to the effect of the frost on the trees, said, “The damage to apricots is ...