Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality provides tea harvesting machines to Of producers

The Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality has distributed 75 fully subsidized rechargeable backpack-type tea harvesting machines to tea producers in the Of district. The initiative, managed by the municipality's Department of Agricultural Services, aims to support agricultural production and reduce rising labor costs for local farmers.

Each machine has a capacity to harvest approximately 600 to 700 kilograms of tea in an eight-hour workday. Following the initial distribution via a lottery system, Mayor Ahmet Metin Genç announced that an additional 200 machines will be provided to the Of district due to high demand. Genç emphasized that supporting tea producers is a municipal duty to protect the region's vital agricultural products.