Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

This spring, frost inflicted some of the heaviest damage on lemon orchards in Türkiye, while growers lament that the trio of frost, hail and scorching heat has battered the country’s farmlands particularly harshly this year. “At first, there was the frost, and we lost a lot of blossoms. Then we had a …

Press release… Interfresh Eurasia, a showcase for the fresh fruit and vegetable, dried fruit, and fruit and vegetable product sectors that generated 8 billion dollars in foreign currency for Türkiye in 2024, will be held at FUARIZMIR in Izmir from September 18-20, 2025. This year, the fair, heavily supported by …

Mustafa Sacit İnan, an agricultural engineer at the Manisa Viticulture Research Institute, stated that the wire-curtain (wire-display) method improves the quality of raisins, but producers are discouraged from using it due to its high cost. The Sultana seedless grape harvest has begun in Türkiye’s leading agrifood province of Manisa and …

The extreme heat and drought affecting southeastern Anatolian province of Şanlıurfa negatively impacted fresh and dried tomato production. Ahmet Eyyüpoğlu, Head of the Şanlıurfa Chamber of Agriculture, told an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter that tomatoes were planted on approximately 200,000 decares last year in the Siverek and Hilvan districts, where …

Spain, Italy and France top vegetable producers in EU last year… The EU harvested 62.2 million tonnes of fresh vegetables, up 6 percent year-on-year in 2024, Eurostat data showed on Monday. Spain was the top producer country with 14.8 million tonnes, followed by Italy with 13.9 million tonnes and France …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that in July 2025, 113,504 tonnes of products were exported across Türkiye, generating 121.5 million dollars in revenue. Peach and apple leaders, surge in watermelon… Ferhat Gürüz also noted that …

Can Selçuk, Head of Isparta Chamber of Agriculture, stated that this year’s apple yield has decreased by 30 percent compared to last year as a result of the agricultural frost. As harvest season approaches, apple production in the region is experiencing difficulties. Can Selçuk also noted that this year’s frost …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, announced that in July 2025, 113,504 tonnes of products were exported across Türkiye, generating 121.5 million dollars in revenue. Gürüz stated that the sector’s exports reached 1.814 billion dollars in the …

Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers’ Association, stated that tropical fruit production in the district has grown, saying, “Over the past 20 years, tropical products have diversified and we have come to produce over 40 tropical fruits.” Antalya… Ali Hüddoğlu, Head of the Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers …

Press release… Uçak: ‘The quality of the products is suitable for export, that’s our only consolation.’ Hayrettin Uçak, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that the citrus crop in the Aegean Region is expected to decline by 34 percent in 2025 due to frost events …