The world needs a lot of sugar, opportunity for Turkey
Sugar
Turkiye
Published Sep 27, 2022
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Hüseyin Akay, Chairman of the Board of Kayseri Beet Growers Cooperative; He said that today the world and Europe are in an agricultural crisis and that Turkey can turn this crisis into an opportunity.
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Stating that the world and Europe are in an agricultural crisis caused by climates, wars and disasters, President Akay said that this crisis can be turned into an opportunity for Turkey with the support to farmers; "The world's need for sugar is huge. The world needs 175-180 million tons of sugar, and it is produced from sugar cane and sugar beet. Nearly 80 percent of it is produced from sugar cane and close to 20 percent from sugar beet. Turkey is among the countries that produce sugar from sugar beet. Of course, agricultural production in the world is affected by climate, war, disasters. Likewise, there are problems in sugar and beet production there due to the war between Ukraine and Russia. It is experiencing its driest summer. There is a decrease in productivity caused by drought in sugar beet as in other agricultural products. In addition, since the factories are working with natural gas, the risks of factories not working due to the problem in the supply of natural gas. ...
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