HARVEST OF 'WHITE GOLD' STARTS IN ŞANLIURFA REGION...
Cotton, known as 'White gold', largely produced in Şanlıurfa, began to be harvested in GAP (Southeastern Anatolia Project) region In Şanlıurfa, Turkey's most important centers of agricultural production, agricultural production in parallel with the increase in irrigated acreage under the GAP Action Plan also quadruples. In this context, the planting area is expanding every year and the region is called 'White gold' cotton, fiber with textiles, raw materials to the oil industry, and the livestock sector with the raw material is one of the leading strategic products. It provides the advantage in textiles in Turkey's contribution to world cotton offering to have a say began a new harvest. Farmers, who planted 'White gold' in their fields, hope to have a fertile harvest season from the crops they water and maintain, despite the scorching heat during the summer. Although mechanization in agriculture is rapidly developing, some farmers have to harves...