Hazelnut producer's expectation of 60 TL for the base price in Turkey
Hazelnut Kernel
Turkiye
Published Jun 28, 2022
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Burhan Okusal, Giresun Chambers of Agriculture Provincial Coordination Board Vice President and Dereli Chamber of Agriculture President, said, "Our hazelnut producer farmers, who are the apple of our region's eye, are looking forward to the new hazelnut season, which is about 2 months away," said.
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In his statement, Okusal said, "As in all agricultural products, in order to ensure economic sustainability in hazelnut production, the sales prices of the crop must both cover the cost of the producer and provide a minimum profit to provide for his family. Our producers, who were quite worn out, experienced a great shock as a result of the economic fluctuations caused by both the pandemic and the war tension on our border in the post-epidemic period, and became helpless against the high increases in the costs of all the inputs they used in agricultural production, but they continue to produce even with debt. Okusal continued his explanation as follows: "Considering the base prices announced by TMO last season and the exchange rates of that day, hazelnut, an agricultural product that provides the highest income from exports to our country and we rank first in the world in production, provided our producer with a profit of at least 3.5 dollars per kilo. Despite the great ...
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