There are no vegetables and fruits below 10TL.

While high production costs make the farmer leave the land without slowing down, the consumer struggles to make a living with 30TL onion and 100TL pepper prices at the stalls. Noting that the days of finding fruits and vegetables for 5-10 TL are over due to unplanned production and high costs, Turkish Halcilers Federation President Yüksel Rabbit pointed out that prices below 10 TL kill to the farmer.

Affirming that there is a problem in the supply of dry onion, which broke a record this year, a dangerous process has been entered into in potatoes, Conejo said that they expect a relief in prices and an increase in the harvest 15 days later. In the case of Antalya, the dry onion, whose weight was sold at the highest price of 5 TL in April last year, increased to 27 TL in April 2023 with an increase of 440 percent. Tomatoes sold for 12 TL increased to 18 TL.

THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE SHARP

Yuksel Rabbit said that they do not expect a big problem in the harvest of vegetables and fruits this year and do not see any problem in shipping from the earthquake zone, but noted that abundance will not bring cheapness.

Stating that high costs prevented the price decrease, Tavşan said: “Now it is a difficult event to eat a product for 5 TL for 10 TL. Even 10 TL is difficult. If it falls below these prices, the producer will be devastated this time. In some cases it should be considered very cheap to have a product for 5-10 TL. When retailing, the product sold for 5 TL is sold for 10 TL. When there are a lot of vegetables and fruits, there may be a decrease in prices, but the producer will really lose a lot there, ”he said.

There are no onions at hand, the potatoes are running out.

Noting that last year, the farmer suffered a loss of dry onions, which from time to time fell to 1-2 TL in the market, and that there was a decrease in planting this season, Yüksel Rabbit pointed out that due to the conditions weather conditions in Adana, the field could not be entered and there was a shortage of supply. “There are no onions. Although they also restricted exports, prices rose. There are no onions on hand. The potatoes are also in danger this time. “Potato prices are going up,” Rabbit said, noting that the potatoes in warehouses are finished, but a 2-week window is needed for the new crop.