Türkiye's table apricot production center survived agricultural frost with 30 percent damage

In the Mut district of Mersin, where 90 percent of table apricots in Türkiye are produced, the agricultural frost was overcome slightly with a loss of approximately 30 percent. Agricultural frost was effective this year in Mersin, one of Türkiye's important fresh fruit and vegetable production centers. In Mersin, where many gardens were damaged approximately 2 months ago, the agricultural frost that occurred 3-4 days ago did not affect much. In the Mut district, where especially the geographically indicated table Mut apricots with microclimate feature are produced, the agricultural frost caused 20-30 damage. With its color, smell and appearance, Mut early season table apricots are exported to Russia, the Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, India and Europe, and it was reported that production is carried out on 77 thousand 800 decares of land in the district with 712 thousand decares of agricultural land. Muharrem Yılmaz, the President of Mut Chamber of Agriculture, who examined the ...