date:May 18, 2016
In Afyonkarahisar, an important cherry production area in Turkey, frost has struck the cherry crop, preventing the formation of fruit. Although the freeze lasted only a few hours, it was enough to undermine the production of cherries, which was ahead by about fifteen days.
The region has around 120,000 hectares devoted to orchards with a total cultivable area of some 160,000 hectares. The average production of cherries is about 30,000 tonnes. In 2015, the frost had halved production. This seaso