Beginning of date harvest in Qirokarzin
The director of Jihad-e-Keshavarzi of Qirokarzin city announced the beginning of harvesting dates from the groves of this city and said: from the end of September, the harvesting of Khark, Rotab and dates will begin.
Mehdi Hemmati described Qirokarzin city as the center of date production in Fars and referring to the 40% share of this city in date production, said: Our forecast this year is to harvest 75,000 tons of quality products.
According to him; According to the latest definite statistics, more than one million and 275 thousand tons of dates have been produced in the whole country, and Fars province with more than 191 thousand tons has a 15% share of the production of this product in the country.
Hemmati said: high quality production in more than 5500 hectares of palm trees in Qirokarzin city due to the climatic conditions and suitable soil, commercial gardens, use of suitable cultivars and new methods such as using pressurized irrigation systems to Is achieved.
The director of Qirokarzin Jihad-e-Agriculture, stating that the date harvest season, we are witnessing a lively joy in the groves, said: In this season, more than several hundred thousand seasonal workers are activated in different stages of harvesting, grading, packing and … dates and This affects society in various dimensions.
He stated that the oldest palm groves in the city are in Dehbeh, Imam Shahr and Qir areas, he said: In this city, part of the palm orchards are created in the form of citrus crops, which in itself increases the productivity of citrus production It is also fruitful.
Hemmati, pointing out that Zahedi is the main commercial cultivar of dates in Qirokarzin city, added: Khasui, Halileh, Kabkab, Shahani, Pyarom and Majul are also present at significant levels, which due to the difference in the time of processing different cultivars of date harvesting operations up to It will continue in late November.
He continued: In addition to special market popularity for all cultivars of Qirokarzin dates, Zahedi dates are very popular among customers from neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and especially Central Asian countries and some European countries such as Russia and more. 95% of this product is exported to the mentioned destinations.