Turkey: Chestnut farmers start night shifts after price rises 100%
Raw Chestnut
Turkiye
Published Dec 21, 2021
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According to the data of the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, an annual average of 27 thousand tons of chestnut is produced on an area of 73 thousand 433 decares in Aydın. In Aydın, which meets 42 percent of Turkey's harvest in chestnut production, the chestnuts collected from trees and filled into wells in October are removed from the wells where they are kept with their prickly shells, and the process of separating them from their shells with special threshing machines continues.
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According to the data of the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, an annual average of 27 thousand tons of chestnut is produced on an area of 73 thousand 433 decares in Aydın. In Aydın, which meets 42 percent of Turkey's harvest in chestnut production, the chestnuts collected from the trees and filled into the wells in October are removed from the wells where they are kept with their prickly shells, and the process of separating them from their shells with special threshing machines continues. Chestnuts bought by traders in various regions and chestnut orchards are exported to different countries of the world. It was 100 percent time since the beginning of the season for chestnut, which is a favorite of the winter months. The geographical indication product of Aydın, which draws attention with its price that burns on the market stalls, made the producer happy with the increasing price of chestnut. While the wholesale price of chestnuts was 30 TL at the beginning of November, ...
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