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Onion harvest is expected to begin this week in Adana, which is one of the onion centres of Turkey. However, due to the temporary closure of most restaurants and restaurants within the scope of combating corona virus, onion consumption has decreased. Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture President Mehmet Akın Doğan said that if the onion is sold to 3 liras in the market, the farmer will not be able to earn money this year and the prices will drop excessively, unless exported to Russia and European countries until April 20. Stating that the yield is high this season, Doğan noted, “When the onion was harvested last year, there was a disease on the crop. Rain and sun also caused poor productivity. While last year yields 2-3 tons per decare, we expect 5-6 tons of onion yield this year. If 50 thousand tons of onions are exported, it will make the farmer's face laugh." “There is no yield shortage this year” Reminding that Turkey imported some amount of onions last year, “We start...

India has suffering reduced crop of onions due to adverse weather conditions, while trying to resolve this problem with products to import from some countries including Turkey. Turkish producers have then exported to India about 50 thousand tons of onions in the last 1.5 months, while preparations have been started to meet new orders. According to information from the AA correspondent, the management of India, under the influence of weather conditions, since the onion yield realized below the expectations of the people had a difficulty to meet the demand. Upon this situation India found the solution by importing this crop. In the meantime some adjustments have been made and import regulations facilitated in India, thus paved the way of imports from some countries among Turkey including onions. The decision has also created an opportunity for the Turkish producers and the last 45 days about 50 thousand tons of onions were exported from Turkey to India. Foreign Economic Relat...