Related Keywords: cotton described as white gold, Cotton harvesting season starts, Gap, meets forty two percent of production, overall cotton production estimated to reach two million tons, part of Southeastern Anatolia Project, planted on larger cultivation areas, southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, spread of irrigated farming
With the start of cotton harvesting season, the spread of irrigated farming as a part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), cotton, which is described as "white gold," has started being planted on larger cultivation areas and has become the favorite of farmers in the region.
In the Harran Plain of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, which meets 42 percent of Turkey's production, cotton farmers are satisfied with the yield expectation of more than 1 million tons.
