Turkey: İzmir farmers turned to sunflower planting

In our country, oil sunflower production is generally concentrated in the Thrace-Marmara Region, while sunflowers for snacks are mostly cultivated in the Central and Eastern Anatolia Regions. Due to the drought that has arisen due to climatic conditions for the last 2 years, Gerenköy farmers in Foça have started to grow sunflowers. Farmers expressed satisfaction with this year's crops. "Due to the drought, we have now started to plant sunflowers as a second crop" İbrahim Dereli, who is a farmer in Gerenköy and is also the headman of the neighborhood, said, “Crocus, or sunflower, known as the daylight among the people, has been planted for 2 years in our village. We started to plant sunflowers due to climatic conditions, drought and thirst. Actually, we are a cotton village, we plant wheat as a second crop; however, due to the drought, we have now started to plant sunflowers as a second crop. We will harvest at the end of October," he said. Another farmer who grows sunflowers, ...