Turkey: Winter planting has been postponed in many provinces due to drought

Şemsi Bayraktar, Chairman of the Union of Chambers of Agriculture of Turkey (TZOB), made a video press statement about the drought affecting agricultural production and winter plantings. Stating that the effects of climate change have manifested itself in our country as well as in the world, Bayraktar continued his statement as follows: “In addition to natural disasters such as floods, frosts, storms, excessive precipitation and heat, drought is also felt. In the 2021 report of the World Meteorological Organization, it was stated that greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels, ocean temperature and ocean acidification reached record levels. According to the report, climate change continues to affect the world in the form of cold and heat waves, heavy rains, floods, droughts, tropical storms and severe storms. In the report, it is also stated that global warming and climate change will bring food and water scarcity, decrease in employment, migration, imbalance in ecosystems, damage to ...