Production forecast of 54000 tons of walnuts from Hamedan orchards
The director of horticulture affairs of Hamedan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization, stating that Hamedan has the first rank in walnut production, announced new plans for improving the product and said: more than 54,000 tons of walnuts are expected from the province’s orchards. Hamedan to be produced.
Hojjatullah Shahbazi, pointing out that the walnut harvest has started since the end of September, said: Now is the peak time for walnut harvest in the province, which ranks first in terms of production and second in terms of walnut orchards after Kerman in the country. we have.
Emphasizing that more than 19,300 hectares are under walnut cultivation in Hamedan province, he reminded: about 13% of the country’s walnuts are produced in Hamedan province, which according to estimates is expected to produce about 54,400 tons of walnuts this year. Which will include 21% of the country’s walnuts.
Shahbazi considered the area under walnut cultivation in Iran to be 150,000 hectares with the production of 261,000 tons of walnuts and pointed out that Tuyserkan city with the production of 15,800 tons has the first rank of walnut production, specified: 5600 hectares of orchards in this city There is walnut which has 29% of the total production in Hamedan province.
The director of horticulture affairs of Hamedan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization pointed out: after Tuyserkan city, the second rank of walnut production belongs to Malayer city and the third rank belongs to Hamedan and Nahavand cities.
Shahbazi stated that the average yield per unit area per hectare is about 2173 kg of dried walnuts and added: in Hamedan province this figure is 2932 kg and in the country 3.3 kg of walnuts are produced per person, which in Hamedan province is 30 kg and In Tuyserkan city, it weighs 155 kg.
Referring to the follow-up of the projects started in recent years, he said: The project of branching walnut trees is aimed at producing trees that are as resistant to spring cold as possible, and on the other hand, the issue of improving yield per unit area is about 3 tons. Hectares in Hamedan province, should be increased to more than 5 tons.
Shahbazi continued: in 1996, about 8000 transplants were done on the trees through branching with the aim of changing the crowns of walnut trees. In 1997, this figure was increased to 27 thousand and in 1998 to 131 thousand transplants, so that this volume of branching up to Today it is unprecedented and is being implemented for the first time in Hamedan province.
Referring to the plan to plant walnut trees, he said: Another plan that is being implemented for the first time in the country is to create a production chain of certified transplanted walnut seedlings, which has been studied and researched since 1996 and implemented in April 1997. Is.
Shahbazi said that the purpose of this project is to provide the grafts needed for branching and production of walnut grafted seedlings and noted: It is expected that 6 million grafted springs will be obtained from the mother garden, the second phase of which is the construction of grafted seedling production treasury. Thousands of grafted walnut seedlings are produced.
He continued by stating that the third phase of this project is the construction of a greenhouse for the production of certified transplanted walnut seedlings at the level of 2 hectares: with the implementation of the annual project, 100,000 certified seedlings were produced for the first time in the country. The results include fully mechanized harvesting, high quality and uniformity of the product, which makes it easy to peel, package, easier to supply in the global market and more competitive with foreign products.
The director of horticultural affairs of Hamedan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization also mentioned about the uses of walnuts: Walnuts are one of the few plants that are not discarded and are used from tree roots to walnut shells in various industrial, cosmetic, medicinal and food items.
He said that many problems of gardeners are controlled and studied by experts and managers, he said: One of the most important secondary pests can be carp, which is known in the country and occurs due to drought and water shortage for walnut trees, but Properly covered, it will withstand a great deal of adverse conditions. However, there are plans to control and control the pest.