Half of the cost of producing walnuts is spent on harvesting it

Half of the cost of producing walnuts is spent on harvesting it

The most important problem in walnut production is the high cost of harvesting it.
Mohammad Reza Mozaffari, head of the Kerman Jihad-e-Agriculture Research Center, said at the walnut conference: Half of the cost of the walnut product is removed and the peeling of this product is allocated to it, while this should be taken out of the traditional method and mechanized.
He announced the implementation of the Etfeon effect study project and said: In order to reduce the force of connecting the fruit to the branch and at the same time with the crack of the green walnut skin, this project was implemented in walnut harvest in 1379 and 1381 in one of the walnut growing areas of Kerman province. Income.
Mozaffari, who spoke at the first walnut conference, added: The results of this project showed that due to the genetic diversity of seed walnut trees, the amount of 500 mg / liter of ethephon significantly reduces the force required to separate the fruit from the branch.