10% of the area under cultivation of Damask rose gardens in East Azerbaijan
The head of the East Azerbaijan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization said: East Azerbaijan, out of a total of more than 12,000 hectares of Damask rose lands in the country, occupies about 10% of the area under cultivation of Damask rose gardens and ranks fifth in the country.
Akbar Fathi, during his visit to Qizil Gol Ghazi Jahan Nursery in Azarshahr, stated that according to initial estimates, the production of Damask rose is estimated at more than five thousand tons this year. He said: About 30% of production for household products, including jams and syrups. 70% is used in the processing of Damask rose, rose, essential oil and distillates.
He continued: 20 units in East Azerbaijan are operating in the field of Damask rose processing such as rose, essential oil, liqueurs and packaging of medicinal plants, most of which are exported to the countries of the Persian Gulf, Central Asia and Russia.
He said that the Damask rose production industry and its consumption has been common in the province and the country since ancient times, adding: to develop this industry, in addition to the development of cultivation, the development of essential oil industry as a conversion industry should be increased to the producer It has economic justification and can increase the level of crop cultivation.
The head of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the province, pointing out that the added value of Damask rose in essential oil extraction is much more than rose water making, making jams and consuming this product dry, continued: If we have the ability to use the capacity of the private sector and we can Replace in the province, then many problems of producers in East Azerbaijan will be solved.
He said: Damask rose native cultivars make up 95% of the cultivated area of East Azerbaijan and 5% of the improved cultivars are tissue culture.
According to the public relations of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the province, he emphasized that the highest area of ??Damask rose cultivation is in the cities of Osko, Azarshahr, Marand, Shabestar, Maragheh, Ajabshir, Tabriz, he added: Osko and Azarshahr are important centers of Damask rose production and products It is in East Azerbaijan.