300 tons of potatoes are exported daily in Niğde, Turkey

Published 2024년 8월 16일

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The article provides an overview of Niğde city's agricultural activities, particularly focusing on the harvest season for various crops as the cherry and rye season nears its end. The city is renowned for its high agricultural production and is developing its infrastructure for exports. Asım Baş, the Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, highlighted Niğde's leading role in potato production in Turkey, with an expected increase in cultivation area and yield for the next year. The city also ranks second in cabbage production. Although the cherry harvest has concluded, the apple harvest is starting and is expected to increase in yield and cultivation area in the next year. Additionally, Niğde is looking to expand its export markets, with current exports going to Syria, Dubai, and Mauritania, among other places. The city is actively seeking to enhance its export capabilities, leveraging the quality of its agricultural products.

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While the harvest season for cherries and rye is coming to an end in Niğde, one of the cities with intensive agricultural production, it is continuing for products such as potatoes, cabbage, apples, cherries and nectarines. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Asım Baş stated that farmers are pleased with the yields this year and said, "Our harvest season has started and we have reached the middle of some products. As Niğde, we are a city that produces and has a very high agricultural potential. In addition, Niğde is a city that tends to develop exports along with infrastructure investments. We have advantageous products that we are ahead of, products that we call strategic products; potatoes, cabbage, rye, dry beans, apples, tomatoes, cherries, nectarines, products that we are in the top 10 in Turkey. We have a slight increase in potatoes this year, as in Turkey in general, there is an increase in yield in our province. In Niğde, which ranks first in potato production ...

Source: Dha