Turkey: Hand-made cumin harvest in Şanlıurfa made farmers happy

Manual harvesting has started in the agricultural city of Şanlıurfa, where 30 percent of cumin production in Turkey is met. High productivity made farmers happy. Şanlıurfa Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Mehmet Aksoy, continues his visits to see the products coming at harvest time in the field. Aksoy visited the field where cumin is produced on a 22-decare area belonging to Mehmet Türk in Sağlık District of Eyyübiye district. Examining the harvested product, Aksoy examined the harvest made by the workers manually on site. Aksoy stated that cumin production was carried out on an area of 50 decares in Şanlıurfa and they achieved a yield of 3 thousand 500 tons. Aksoy said that Şanlıurfa has a 30 percent share in cumin production. Cumin harvest, which is done manually by agricultural workers, makes farmers happy thanks to its high yield. It was reported that high yields in grain products are expected to be achieved with proper rainfall this year. "We produce 3,500 ...