7700 tons of sunflower seeds were produced in Kermanshah province

7700 tons of sunflower seeds were produced in Kermanshah province

Ghasemi in Kermanshah announced the production of more than 7740 tons of sunflower seeds in Kermanshah province and said: More than 7740 tons of sunflower seeds have been produced and harvested in the cities of Songor and Keliai, Islamabad, West and Sahneh.

The head of agriculture department of Kermanshah Jihad Agricultural Organization, pointing out that about 4500 hectares of sunflower were cultivated in the province last year, said: Songhar and Keliai counties have the highest area under sunflower cultivation in the province.

Ghasemi stated that 4313 hectares of sunflower seeds have been planted in Songor and Keliai cities this year, adding that the average yield of Sunflower seeds is 1800 kg per hectare and more than 7500 tons of produce has been produced from this level.

Referring to the production of more than 113 tons of oily sunflower seeds in the Shian region of West Islamabad, he said: This year, oily sunflower seeds have been planted in more than 55 hectares in this region.

The head of agriculture department of Kermanshah Jihad Agricultural Organization, stating that each kilo of oily sunflower seeds has been purchased from farmers at a price of 24 thousand and 440 Rials as a guarantee, said: In the current crop year, there is no problem in buying and paying funds to farmers It did not exist in Kermanshah province.

He said that one of the obstacles to the development of sunflower cultivation in recent years and the lack of export of this product is the development of weed in weeds in the province and the change of cultivation of arable lands and said: Sunflower harvest in Kermanshah province began in late September and now ends it is arrived.

Ghasemi, referring to the harvesting of oily sunflowers using the industrial campaign machine, said: Sunflower nuts can not be harvested with a combine and should be done in a traditional way, because if the seeds are separated, harmful oxides will be released from it, so the seeds of these sunflowers The chicken stuffing machine is detached.

He said that the price of sunflower oil seeds varies from 5000 to 6000 tomans per kilo, depending on the market price, he said: in the city of Songor and Keliai, several machines related to the harvest of sunflower seeds have been purchased.