Fars rice processing is 100% mechanized

Fars rice processing is 100% mechanized

The head of the Department of Mechanized Agricultural Technologies of Fars Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization said: Rice mechanization in Fars province has had a significant growth during the last 3 years.

Ali Jamshidi added: If the relevant departments and organizations are supported and also cheap banking facilities are provided in the near future, we will see more prosperity in the mechanization of this agriculture.

He said: Currently, more than 100 rice harvesters and 130 seedlings have been purchased by farmers and combine owners in the region, and 100 people are applying to buy combine harvesters.

The official added: This year, nearly 3,000 hectares of rice fields in the province of Kamfirooz, Dorodzan, Banesh and Rostam have been planted with transplanting machines.

He added: It is predicted that more than 85% of the province’s farms (about 10 thousand hectares) in Kamfirooz region and 60% of rice farms in other areas of Marvdasht city and more than 30% in other rice cities will work with rice harvesters. Be.

The official in charge of planting and harvesting in time and the comfort of farmers as the benefits of mechanized methods and continued: This method while improving the quality and quantity of the product is also very effective in reducing production costs, so that per hectare A figure equivalent to 15 million rials reduces costs.

Jamshidi considered the use of rice weeding machines in mechanized farms as a new and important step for the development of rice mechanization and added: In the past, weeding was done manually, which in addition to high cost was not of good quality, but weeding machines In addition to subduing weeds, anaerobic aquatic animals and algae, the work aerates the roots of the seedlings between rows, which increases the quantity and quality of the crop and reduces production costs.

The head of the Department of Mechanized Agricultural Technologies of Fars Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization stated: It is predicted that the development of mechanization in planting, holding and harvesting rice in potential and applicable lands of the province will reach 100% in the next five years, a big step in developing mechanization The cost of this product will be reduced.