Winter vegetable harvest completed in Bafra, Turkey

Published May 28, 2023

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The article reports on the completion of the winter vegetable harvest in Bafra district, Samsun, where 110,000 decares of land was dedicated to the production of crops like white cabbage, cauliflower, and spinach. However, the season saw low yields due to unseasonable hot weather and a significant drop in consumption following a major earthquake in February. Despite these challenges, Bafra remains Turkey's largest exporter of winter vegetables, sending cauliflower, broccoli, and white cabbage to countries like Russia and Ukraine. As the summer season begins, focusing on grain and paddy production across 280,000 decares, the town looks towards government support to overcome natural disaster impacts and ensure a productive agricultural year.

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Winter vegetable harvest has been completed in Bafra district of Samsun. Bafra Chamber of Agriculture President Osman Tosuner told Anadolu Agency (AA) that winter vegetables are produced on an area of 110,000 decares this season in Bafra Plain. Stating that white cabbage, hybrid cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, leek, lettuce and radish are the top winter products, Tosuner said that they experience low yields due to the hot weather until January. Reminding that Turkey experienced a major earthquake in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, Tosuner said, "We were shipping vegetables from the Bafra Plain to the provinces where the earthquake occurred. We had a daily market of nearly 500 tons from the district to these provinces. After the earthquake, there was no consumption for winter vegetables in the Bafra Plain. There was a big drop.” said. Expressing that cauliflower, broccoli and white cabbage are sent to countries such as Russia and Ukraine, Tosuner stated that they are Turkey's ...

Source: Sondakika