Amlash is the second largest hazelnut producer in Iran
Director of Amlash Agricultural Jihad said: Amlash city with 1800 hectares of hazelnut orchards, 1700 hectares of which are located in mountainous areas and produce 2250 tons of hazelnuts per year is the second largest producer of hazelnuts in the country that provides adequate and timely water to irrigate hazelnut orchards, including hazelnut growers Inhabits the mountainous areas of the city.
Masoud Amirbandehi said: study work and even reviewing the construction of an agricultural water storage pool with a capacity of 5000 cubic meters and the construction of its transmission line with a length of 4.6 km in the mountainous region of Sals Kuh located upstream of Musa Kalayeh and Siah Estakhr villages With a credit equivalent to fifty million tomans in 1393 with the conclusion of a contract has been done by the consultant.
The director of Amlash Jihad-e-Agriculture added: in order to provide the necessary credit worth three billion Tomans, it has been transferred to the Deputy of Plant Production of the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture by the plant production deputy of Gilan Jihad Agricultural Organization.
Amir Bandehi said: in case of providing the necessary credit and implementing and completing the agricultural water storage pool of Salsa Kooh and constructing its water transmission line, in addition to constructing 400 hectares of new hazelnut orchards in barren lands, sufficient and safe water of 400 hectares of existing hazelnut orchards for 300 families Residents in the two villages mentioned above are also provided in times of crisis and drought, and the yield of these hazelnut orchards increases from 800 kg per hectare to two tons.
He said: with the implementation of Seles Kuh water storage pool in the summers of Rankuh section of Amlash city, in addition to providing irrigation under group pressure for 800 hectares of hazelnut orchards, it will also have a great impact on increasing the quality of hazelnut products in these orchards.
Director of Amlash Jihad-e-Agriculture added: Amlash city with 1800 hectares of hazelnut orchards, 1700 hectares of which are located in mountainous areas and produce 2250 tons of hazelnuts per year is the second largest producer of hazelnuts in the country, which provides adequate and timely water for irrigation of hazelnut orchards. It is a mountainous city.