The most dry season of the last 20 years! – Cyprus Newspaper

Cereal and legume producers face serious yield losses this season due to drought. 2 -third of the field work was completed; In many regions, up to 90 percent drought rates were identified.

« A heavier drought »… General Agricultural Insurance Fund Manager İpek Kızılduman said that this year has a heavier drought and this year’s drought degree of 90 percent of the drought. Kızılduman pointed out that the area was mostly affected by drought than last year.

Seed Crisis… Mehmet Nizam, President of the Farmers’ Association, said, “This year’s drought is the biggest drought season of the last 20 years.” He pointed out that the drying of the season can lead to a seed crisis in the country’s agriculture. Nizam, emphasizing the need to protect domestic seeds “Seed; is the essence of the producer.” he said.

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The amount of rainfall under the seasonal norms throughout the country continues to deeply affect the agricultural sector.

The manufacturer’s ‘life water’ rainfall was not to the desired extent this season. For this reason, cereal and legume producers could not get the desired yield.

« We are experiencing the dryest season of the last 20 years. » Then, he says that the seed crisis in the country is at the door.

The General Agricultural Insurance Fund Determination and Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is to complete the 2024-2025 production year of production.

Barley, wheat and chickpeas and beans such as beans and food and cooking legumes are evaluated in the field of land detection works before or after the Eid al -Adha is aimed to be completed.

Following the completion of the work, the regions and villages that are damaged by drought will be determined and a drought map will be created and this map will be approved and announced by the Council of Ministers.

Speaking to Cyprus on the subject, the General Agricultural Insurance Fund Director İpek Kızılduman stated that which villages and regions are covered by drought after the studies in the field will become clear after the work in the field and announced that there was a heavier drought than last year.

Mehmet Nizam, President of the Turkish Cypriot Farmers’ Association, said, “This year’s drought, the biggest drought season of the last 20 years. The degree of drought is 90 percent in many places.” He emphasized that the arid season could lead to a seed crisis in the country’s agriculture.

Kızılduman: There was a heavier drought

İpek Kızılduman, Director of the General Agricultural Insurance Fund, stated that most of the drought detection studies carried out throughout the country have been completed and within the scope of drought; Barley, wheat and chickpeas with beans and feeding legumes such as beans were evaluated.

Underlining that the impact of drought is not limited to certain regions, Kızıan said that a comprehensive screening was carried out throughout the country.

Kızılduman, this year than last year, a heavier drought experienced and the degree of drought is 90 percent of the areas of this year, stating that the area based on the area more affected by the drought more than last year, he noted.

Kizilduman expressed that they have been continuing their field work and that the two -thirds of the determinations have been completed so far, “We aim to complete the field work before the feast. One or two regions can remain after the feast. he said.

« It is made from the loss of grain yield »

Kızılduman, who informed that the samples were taken from the crops in the studies on the lands, said, “According to the efficiency of the samples, the percentages of drought will be determined. Which villages, which regions are covered by drought, will become clear after the work in this land.” he said.

Kiziltuman pointed out that the crops should reach the harvest maturity in order to make drought detection correctly, gave the following information:

“Every year we start the detection of drought at the end of April and aim to complete it in mid -June. Because in accordance with our law, drought detection is made of the loss of grain yield. It is not right to detect the drought detection of the ekin which does not come to the harvest stage. Indeed, when the crop comes to the harvesting stage, it is to samples.”

Kızılduman, in relation to the budget of agricultural insurance, « This year’s damages to meet the budget is enough. There is no problem in the sense of budget. » He reminded that the drought map will be created with the findings obtained after the findings.

Nizam: There is serious drought

Mehmet Nizam, President of the Turkish Cypriot Farmers’ Association, said that this year’s drought was the most violent of the last 20 years and that they personally observed the effects of drought during the field studies.

Nizam noted that two -thirds of the drought detection studies have been completed, “This year’s drought, the biggest drought season of the last 20 years. There is serious drought from Güzelyurt to Famagusta. The degree of drought is 90 percent in many places.” he said.

Nizam, last year under the influence of the country due to the drought of about 600 thousand acres of area of ​​arid, reminded that « the number of producers were about 8 thousand people. This year’s drought is much more. » emphasized.

« Seed crisis at the door »

Nizam pointed out that the drying of the season can lead to a seed crisis in the agriculture of the country.

“There is a concern that there will be a serious seed shortage in the producers. Imported seed can be adaptation problem, the genus is very important. Native seed adaptation is completed, drought -resistant seed. Producer in low levels of droughts have the chance to mow the product. So the domestic seed is more valuable for us, so the producer is trying to obtain its own seed.

Nizam, coarse feed and feed barley can be supplied from the outside, saying, « The producer somehow supply them, but the seed is another world; is the essence of the manufacturer. After obtaining the seed, but the most important thing is to obtain the seed. » he said.

Nizam stated that the producers who were damaged by drought were compensated by the state but this did not fully satisfy the producer, the producer’s inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and drugs received inputs from the cooperatives, so that the compensation given after the drought was not enough to save the producer.

« The state is doing its best, but… »

Nizam stated that the drought degrees were classified as 50 percent, 70 percent and 90 percent, and that the state paid the drought of over 50 percent to the producer and continued:

“The heart wants to be 90 percent drought at all, but the table is in the middle. The state is doing its best, mobilizing all its opportunities to keep the producer alive. But the producer will be able to hold under these circumstances? This is the real question. Unfortunately, the answer is uncertain for today.”

Nizam, 90 percent of the drought where the drought is experienced by underlining that no product can be cut, « Agricultural insurance can not satisfy the producers in those regions. The reason is that there is no yield of the manufacturer in these regions. The manufacturer has worked at the damage. he said.

« The knife was based on the bone »

Mehmet Nizam, President of the Turkish Cypriot Farmers’ Association, said that the manufacturer came to the brink of sink, summarized the situation of the manufacturer as follows:

“The knife was based on the bone. We are trying to do our best to keep the manufacturer alive with the encouraging system, but the producers“ Why should I do this job day and night if we cannot read our child with the income we earn here? ” He thinks that he is cultivated day by day when he thinks.

Nizam, because the field work has not been completed, this year’s yield will not make any predictions at the moment, « There is a very large area of ​​drought. Mature regions can not say plenty of seeds; unqualified regions may be very little above their seed. » he said.