Where is the second walnut production center in Iran?
In the city of Baft, along with the beautiful landscapes of nature, walnut trees rule. Amid the hot market selling walnuts and their kernels, green walnuts have dazzled the eyes more than anything.
Baft city is one of the production centers of walnut product in the country and is the second production center of this product in the country.
Walnut harvest has started in the largest producing city of the province and it is predicted that out of 7500 hectares of fruit orchards in this city, 12,000 tons of high quality walnut products will be produced and sent to other provinces for packaging and export.
Alipour, director of Jihad Keshavarzi in Baft city, says: This city offers a significant amount of walnut product to the country’s markets annually due to favorable conditions and favorable weather in cold regions.
He continues: The main weaving walnuts in Kiskan, Goghar and Khobar regions and walnut harvest begins in mid-September in warmer regions and continues until mid-October in colder regions.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Baft city, stating that the walnut product of Baft city has increased by 20% this year compared to last year, adds: the walnut product will be sent to other provinces for processing after harvest.
Alipour says: In a situation where the walnut production industry has attracted a significant part of the city’s labor force, the lack of packaging and sales workshops in bulk and through brokers is a big problem every year for farmers and walnut producers and therefore should Attract the capital of private sector investors to this sector as well.
He adds: activating the upstream walnut industry and developing the export of the product abroad can activate the economic fields in the city.
Fath Ali Hamzehjavaran, the governor of Baft, says: Despite being located on the edge of Taftideh desert, due to its amazing climatic diversity and fertile soil, Kerman province has a valuable position in the production of agricultural and horticultural products in the country. Due to its vast history and favorable climate, along with its unique natural resources, the desert of Iran shows itself, and gaining the first rank of this city in the field of cultivation and the second rank in the amount of walnut production in the country is a proof of this claim.
He adds: Agriculture is the main occupation of the elite and hard-working people of the ancient and green city of Baft, whose products have a worthy name and reputation due to their unique quality and some unique cases. Meanwhile, walnut crop with the highest level of cultivation in the country has a special and privileged position that its quantitative and qualitative development requires special attention and care.
The governor of Baft, stating that Baft has the capacity to become the tourism hub of the country, says: If the officials pay attention to Baft city, this region will become one of the tourism hubs and attract tourists to the country due to its pristine and beautiful nature. .
Hamzehjavaran continues: Baft city is one of the main walnut cultivation areas and a suitable solution to prevent and fight against walnut pests should be identified and presented.
He says: in this regard, the development of walnut cooperatives, marketing and sale of products, setting up a wood factory, packaging and processing of walnuts in Baft city should be pursued.
The walnut of Baft city has a special quality due to not using any chemical element, but unfortunately, due to the lack of packaging and processing industries, the product is bought from farmers at a low price, which does not meet its production costs in any way.