“AT first, there was the frost and we lost a lot of blossoms. Then we had a very severe hailstorm when the fruits were small,” grimaces Turkish citrus farmer Aleaddin Cogal.
“Then we were hit by a heatwave and the sun was so intense that it literally boiled the fruit, killing it,” says the 42-year-old, describing a string of extreme weather events that have ravaged his lemon plantation in the southern Adana region, one of Turkiye’s most important agricultural areas.
