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Press release… Türkiye’s eastern Anatolia’s province of Malatya, which meets a large portion of the world’s dried apricot demand, is facing its most challenging production season in history. The agricultural frost and cold spell in April 2025 caused significant damage by catching apricot trees in bloom. It is estimated that …

The Malatya Commodity Exchange has partnered with the Fırat Development Agency to explore the ecology and flower biology of apricots in order to understand the potential effects of climate change on apricot production. The project, titled ‘Ecology of Malatya apricot and possible effects of climate change on apricot production’, aims …

In Malatya, where most of the world’s dried apricot production is supplied, the new apricot harvest has started, but producers are having difficulty finding workers. After the 2024 estimated dried apricot yield was announced, it is stated that the migration after the earthquakes negatively affected the harvest period. In the …