Turkey: 200 million liras of profit are targeted with safflower cultivation in Kayseri

It is aimed to make a profit of 200 million lira from the plant planted on 90 thousand decares of land this year in Kayseri, one of the important safflower-growing provinces of Turkey. This year, 250 tons of safflower seeds were distributed to farmers in Kayseri within the scope of the Enabling the Use of Agricultural Lands (TAKE) Project carried out by the General Directorate of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality also supported 100 tons of safflower seeds. It is expected to yield 10 thousand tons of safflower, 2.5 million liters of edible oil and 7 thousand tons of pulp from the harvest of 350 tons of aspirin planted on approximately 90 thousand decares. "We rose to the first place in Turkey by producing 8 thousand tons of safflower in 2022" Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Bülent Saklav stated to the AA correspondent that they produce and support projects in order to add value to the products produced ...