Oil rose harvest has started in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Dazkırı district of Afyonkarahisar is one of the districts where rose production is most common after Isparta. While roses are produced on an annual area of 900 decares in the district, 170 tons of roses are expected to be collected this year with the start of the oil rose harvest. In the Dazkırı district of Afyonkarahisar, which has made a name for itself in recent years with its lavender and oil rose production, the rose harvest begins with the first light of the morning. The roses collected by the farmers as a family are sold to the merchants in the district. Rose production is widely practiced in Darıcılar village of Dazkırı district, where rose yield has decreased by 40 percent due to drought. "The roses start to be collected with the first light of the morning" Dazkırı District Governor Sercan Sakarya noted that a yield of 170 tons is expected this year due to drought in the district where 250 tons of roses were collected last year. Sakarya said, "The importance of rose and ...