Turkiye: Plum drying exports increase in Ürgüp Bahçeli village

Bahçeli village, which is affiliated to Ürgüp district of Nevşehir, was registered as a village where ecological agriculture is practiced in the upper scale plan prepared by the Cappadocia Area Presidency. The plums produced by the farmers living in the region are dried and adorn local and foreign cuisines. The yellow, black and pink plums grown in the region are dried on the roofs of houses and both exported and constitute one of the most important sources of income for the local people. Headman Kadir Korkmaz stated that fruit drying, which started with apricots in Bahçeli village about 50-60 years ago, continues with plums. 'OUR ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS AT THE LEVEL OF 600-700 TONS' Korkmaz, who stated that 600 tons of fresh plums were evaluated this year, said, "We plan to release 160-170 tons of dried plums in the domestic and foreign markets in their dried form. We first started with apricots. We are currently progressing and thinking of progressing even further. Our plum ...