Decreased yield of walnut orchards in Yazd province

Decreased yield of walnut orchards in Yazd province

Horticulture director of Yazd Jihad Agriculture Organization said: with frost and reduced rainfall in the province, the yield of walnut orchards has decreased compared to the previous year and has reached an average of 770 kg per hectare.

Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi stated: This year, out of a total of 1450 hectares of walnut orchards in the province, 1280 hectares are fruitful, and it is expected that about 1000 tons of fresh walnuts will be harvested from this area.

Ebrahimi considered the cities of Taft, Mehriz and Khatam as the leading cities in walnut production and noted: Taft city with 1000 hectares, Mehriz with 200 hectares and Khatam with 86 hectares of walnut cultivation lands are in the first to third ranks of walnut production in the province. have.