First harvest of anise in Çeşme Municipality, Turkey in 30 years

Çeşme Municipality has resumed its anise production, which has sunk into oblivion, after 30 years. Seeds distributed by the Mayor M. Ekrem Oran, who protected local values such as Karakılçık and chewing gum, and gave them a guarantee of purchase above the market, grew green. In our country, the average yield decare is 70 kilograms, from the harvest of anise plant, 100 kg per decare. Indicating that it is expected to buy a product, Oran stated that anise will be grown on the fertile soils of Çeşme. Distributed for free Participating in the harvest of anise, which is the abundance that comes with its scent, Oran said, “The anise plant has a potential as an alternative in our region. We distributed anise seeds to our farmers free of charge, for which we also provided new market opportunities to our producers. We started our harvest. May it be fruitful,” he said. Pointing out that Izmir Metropolitan Municipality ...