Farmers are harvesting tasty rice from Gilan
The director of agriculture affairs of Gilan Jihad Agricultural Organization said: Ratun, tasty and expensive rice of Gilan is being harvested.
Ebrahim Akbarzadeh, stating that Gilan has 238,000 hectares of paddy lands and ratoon harvest is being harvested in these lands, said: ratoon is a rice that grows from the stems left from the original tower.
He added: Raton agriculture is one of the ways to increase rice production, which in addition to increasing production, also increases farmers’ incomes and optimal use of resources.
Director of Agriculture of Gilan Jihad Agricultural Organization, pointing out that ratoon is a rice that has many customers due to its quality and is sold more expensive than raw rice, clarified: ratoon breeding in Rasht, Rudsar and Amlash more than 13 other cities in the province given.
Akbarzadeh continued: Last year, ratoon was grown in 80,000 hectares of rice fields in Gilan, while this year ratoon has been grown in more than 91,000 hectares of rice fields.
He pointed out: One of the reasons for the increase in ratoon cultivation in the province was due to the presence of sufficient soil moisture, which encouraged farmers to cultivate this quality crop as much as possible.
The director of agriculture affairs of Guilan Jihad Agricultural Organization said that the increase in domestic rice prices is another reason for increasing ratoon breeding in Gilan and added: Increasing ratoon breeding will increase farmers’ incomes and this product has a high marketability due to its good taste. .
Akbarzadeh, pointing out that increasing farmers’ incomes will prevent the change of use of paddy lands, clarified: with the information that has been provided, we advised farmers to cultivate other agricultural products after harvesting ratoon, such as blessed beans, vegetables, summer crops And … pay.
He said: in the third crop of agricultural products, cities such as Masal and Talesh are at the top of the table in this section.
The low cost of production and the length of the growing season are less than the benefits of using raton.