Pine nut harvest has started in Turkey

Published 2022년 11월 16일

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The article highlights the challenges faced by pine nut producers in Bergama, Turkey, where the kilogram price of pine nuts has soared to over 1000 liras, making it as expensive as gold. The harvest season has begun on the Kozak Plateau, with producers using traditional methods to collect cones and separate them from their shells. However, the yield of pine nuts has been decreasing since 2008 due to climate change and a harmful South American pine-sucking insect. The Chamber of Agriculture is conducting research and has implemented thermal traps to address the issue. The declining yield and the need for labor to collect cones have led to concerns about the future of pine nut production in the region. Producers are struggling with decreased crops and are facing the need to diversify their sources of income.

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Bergama Chamber of Agriculture President Nuri Taşkıranoğulları said that the kilogram price of pine nuts, whose yield has decreased in recent years, is over 1000 liras and that it competes with gold. Harvest season has begun for pine nuts, which is considered one of the most valuable products in the forest on Kozak Plateau in Bergama. Climbing the pine trees, which are about 25 meters tall, the producers collect the cones with the poles in their hands. Explaining that the cones laid out in the open field will be separated from their shells after the storage process, Göbeller Village Headman Ertan Sağlam stated that the producers will continue to harvest for 4 months. Sağlam said, "The collected cones are stored during the winter. We store them in our gardens until the weather warms up. In July, the storage ends. We lay them out in the open field. Cones open with the heat of the sun. We call it 'steel'. "We also separate the crusted part with agricultural tools. Previously, our ...

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