Farmers devastated as unforeseen crisis wipes out 40 percent of harvest: 'I've never seen anything like this'

Farmers devastated as unforeseen crisis wipes out 40 percent of harvest: 'I've never seen anything like this'

A series of severe weather events has been affecting the country of Turkey, highlighting the issue that natural disasters pose to farmers and agriculture. What's happening? According to the Turkish Minute, the region has experienced frost, followed by hailstorms and now heat waves, and the result has been brutal for lemon and other fruit farmers. "We lost nearly 40% of our produce due to these three disasters," citrus farmer Aleaddin Çoğal told …