Beginning of hazelnut harvest from the gardens of Qazvin province
Horticulture director of Jihad Agricultural Organization of Qazvin province said: hazelnut harvesting operation has started from 3245 hectares of orchards in this province.
Ali Akbari, announcing that the hazelnut harvesting operation has started from 3245 hectares of orchards in this province, predicted: this year, more than 3424 tons of hazelnuts will be harvested dry from this amount of orchards.
He specified: out of 3245 orchards in the province, 3170 hectares are fertile and 75 hectares are infertile, and the average yield of this product is about 1080 kg per hectare.
The director of horticulture of Qazvin Agricultural Jihad Organization mentioned the highest area under cultivation of this crop in the province in Alamut region and said: in this region, Rajai Dasht and Razmian districts including Hir, Viar, Yaroud and Akojan villages have the highest cultivation of this crop.
According to the public relations of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of Qazvin province, Akbari pointed out: Due to the differences in the topography of the province and the existing local masses, the harvest time of this product is from late August to late September.
Babian said that Qazvin ranks second after Gilan in the area of cultivation and production of hazelnut products. Gerd Eshkor covers about 70% of the gardens.
Akbari mentioned the lack of nurseries producing healthy and standard seedlings, problems related to processing and storage industries, and water supply and transfer in rural areas as the most important issues and problems in this area.
According to this official; The development of orchards on sloping lands and helping to develop orchards through subsidies for seedlings and reproductive organs is one of the most important ongoing programs of this management.
Horticulture Director of Qazvin Agricultural Jihad Organization on the need to form a cooperative for the production of hazelnut gardeners in each region, suitable warehouses for maintaining crops, creating a standard nursery and nursery and using appropriate cultivars and pollinators, creating related industries for maintenance and processing, proper irrigation cycle , Emphasized pruning to reduce and reduce the number of trunks and proper nutrition and fertilization in orchards.