Astana city the center of peanut processing in Iran
The head of the plant production department of Astana Ashrafieh city said: this city is the center of pricing, processing and roasting peanuts in the country.
Fatemeh Monjemi, pointing out that 2507 hectares of land in Astana Ashrafieh city is dedicated to peanut cultivation and Astana is still the center of peanut production in Gilan province, said: Most of the Astana almonds are in the form of nuts and have a very high quality.
He added: the processing of this product has been completed in the city and since it has a good marketability, it is sold in Astana markets.
Monjemi pointed out that in the last few years, the cities of some other provinces have expanded their lands in terms of peanut cultivation area, and in some cases it is reported that they have peanut cultivation area more than Ashrafieh threshold. They are not very familiar with the processing of this product, they bring the almonds produced in their city to the threshold for processing, and for this reason, despite surpassing these cities in terms of the area under peanut cultivation from Ashrafieh threshold, determining the price and pricing of peanuts in Astana Done.
He added: Peanut processing on the threshold of Ashrafieh is often done traditionally and the women of this city have an effective role in doing so and by processing the harvested peanuts, they have an effective contribution to the economy of Astana peanut families.