Crop production will decrease (Turkish Statistical Institute)
Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the 2nd Forecast of Crop Production for 2021. Cereals and other plant products and vegetables were predicted to decrease compared to the previous year.
In the second forecast of 2021, it is estimated that the production amounts will decrease by 12 percent in cereals and other vegetable products and 0.2 percent in vegetables compared to the previous year, while it is estimated that it will increase by 4.6 percent in fruits, beverage and spice plants.
It is estimated that chickpeas, which is one of the important legumes, will decrease by 24.6% to 475 thousand tons, dry beans will increase by 8% to 302 thousand tons, red lentils will decrease by 30% to 230 thousand tons, and potato will decrease by 1.9% to 5.1 million tons.
Sesame production was estimated to decrease by 5.1 percent to 17 thousand 700 tons.
It is estimated that the production amount of vegetable products will decrease by 0.2 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year and will be approximately 31.1 million tons. An increase of 13.6%, an increase of 13.6% in the production of pepper (tomato paste, capia), which is one of the important products of the vegetables group, an increase of 5.3% in dry onions, 10.9% in zucchini, a decrease of 2.9% in tomatoes, 1.6% in watermelon and 2% in cucumbers is expected.
It is estimated that the production amount of fruits, beverage and spice crops will increase by 4.6% in 2021 compared to the previous year and will reach approximately 24.7 million tons.
Considering the production amounts of important products among fruits, it is estimated that there will be a decrease of 0.3% in apples, 12.8% in grapes and 6.8% in cherries compared to the previous year, while a decrease of 1.1% in peach, 20.3% in strawberries, 35% in olives. It is predicted that there will be an increase of 0.4%.
It is estimated that there will be an increase of 14.7% in tangerines from citrus fruits, 30.6% in oranges, 30.4% in lemons, and 2.9% in hazelnuts, while a decrease of 59.7% in pistachios is predicted.
It is estimated that banana production will increase by 19.1% and fig production will remain unchanged at 320 thousand tons.
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