Şemsi Bayraktar, Chairman of the Union of Chambers of Agriculture of Türkiye (TZOB), made a statement about the agricultural frost disaster that adversely affecting agricultural production in many regions of Türkiye.
Stating that the frost disaster adversely affected the agricultural activities in 65 provinces, Bayraktar said that they expect not only the farmers but also consumers.
Bayraktar stated that orchards and grape ties were adversely affected due to the frost in many provinces in February and March.
“In Malatya and Kahramanmaraş, walnuts, cherries, grapes, apples and other fruits, especially apricot, in addition to these, sugar beets, snacks and feed plants, in the Black Sea Region, especially in hazelnuts and tea, kiwi, palm and other fruits, especially grapes in the Aegean Region, olives, figs, walnuts, quince and other fruits in the region, Raspberry, pear, table olives, figs, kiwi, nectarine, plum, cherry, apple, quince and hazelnuts such as fruits such as hazelnuts and in some cultivated areas, pistachios in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, almonds, walnuts, walnuts, pomegranate, pomegranate, mulberry, mulberry and other fruits, in the Central Anatolia Region, in the Central Anatolia Region. Watermelon, potatoes, citrus fruits and vegetables in the Mediterranean Region occurred. “
Bayraktar, many of these products, export products, pointing out that the frost damage will not increase prices, he said. Pointing out that the size of the damage reaches 100 percent in some of the products affected by frost, the exact damage rates will be clear after the end of the damage determination work. Underlining that the risk of snowfall and agricultural frost in some regions, Bayraktar said that they will share the data they will obtain after their work in these regions with the public.
“The damages of our producers should be determined in a fair way”
Emphasizing that the number of natural disasters increased from year to year due to the effect of climate change, Bayraktar said, “A fund should be created in order to meet the damages of all farmers who are damaged by frost in order to prevent the continuity of agricultural production and the prevention of migration from the countryside. evaluated.
Bayraktar stated that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry started a study on meeting the costs of farmers and stated that the importance of agricultural insurance that protects the income and labor of farmers in every natural disaster.
Agricultural Insurance (TARSİM) farmers, insurance scope and damage detection stages that have experienced some problems Bayraktar, said:
“The damages of our farmers should be precisely, the damages of our producers should be determined in a fair way. Turkish farmers, despite many structural problems of the country’s agriculture, resists by not abandoning the land, and how much precautions are taken on top of the natural disasters. I wish my farmers get past again. “
