[...] of their products as a result. Minister of Finance and Treasury Berat Albayrak has intervened quickly to ensure a quick recovery for growers, an
[…] of their products as a result. Minister of Finance and Treasury Berat Albayrak has intervened quickly to ensure a quick recovery for growers, and within 4 days nearly 6 million USD is paid to growers by the government insurance organizations, so the growers can quickly rebuild their greenhouses and start production again.
As production costs have increased and weather conditions were less than desirable, as mentioned above, tomato prices in the local market never went below 0.5 USD per kg at the wholesale hall. On the export market, the prices varied between 0.5 USD – 0.8 USD per kg. High price levels were a nice consolation for growers after the aforementioned problems and they are looking forward to next season already.
Aksu Growers Association Chairman Turan Sahin: […] we have sold to Russia, and many growers were forced to turn to the domestic market. This in turn created an oversupply and drove the prices down to 5 -6 eurocents per kg, which was nearly 60% less than the breakeven price for growers.
“Due to this issue, growers avoided purchasing high-quality seeds next season in 2017, in an effort to lower production costs but consequently production quality has suffered. In 2018, the loss of the value of the Turkish currency against USD escalated production costs even further, and production costs almost tripled for some cost items. As a result, growers started experimenting with cheaper seedlings, fertilizers and chemicals. On top of that, […] year.
“This year, growers were finally able to recoup their financial losses of past years. The political problems with Russia have been solved as well, so this attractive export destination is again open for our tomatoes. Instead of criticizing growers for high prices, the public needs to understand the reality of the increasing production costs, and the government needs to keep […]
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