Turkey: Every year, a product stays in the field and brings its producer to the brink of bankruptcy, says Ömer Fethi Gürer

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Published Sep 4, 2022

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CHP Niğde Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer compiled his August field impressions on the problems faced by farmers due to increasing costs in a study titled "Agricultural Input Costs". Emphasizing that farmers are complaining about the increase in costs, Gürer said, "Every year, a different product stays in the field, does not make money and brings the producer to the brink of bankruptcy. Potatoes in 2020, onions in 2021, and watermelon and cabbage this year remained in the field."

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CHP Niğde Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer prepared a study titled "Agricultural Input Costs" for the month of August on the problems faced by producers. Sharing images from his visits to farmers and producers in the fields in Niğde, Gürer noted that the increase in input costs forced many of the farmers to make limited production. Gürer said, "I visited different villages and towns in Niğde and talked to the producers of different product groups there. The common belief is that the hikes in diesel and fertilizer prices challenge the sustainability of agricultural production." "WHAT SHOULD THE WATERMEON AND CABBAGE PRODUCER DO?" Watermelon and cabbage producers, who had problems due to their increasing costs and whose crops were left in the field, complained to Gürer. Watermelon producer Nuh Çiftçi, who explained that they could not sell even though there was a yield in watermelon, said that in addition to Niğde, in Konya, Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman-Bismil, a kilogram of watermelon could not ...

Source: Sondakika