Harvesting dates in 34,000 hectares of groves in Hormozgan

Harvesting dates in 34,000 hectares of groves in Hormozgan

The director of horticulture affairs of Hormozgan Jihad Agricultural Organization announced the harvest of dates in 34,000 hectares of groves in this province.

Massoud Gargij, stating that the harvest of dates from the groves of the province will continue until mid-October, predicted that 140,000 tons of dates will be harvested in the province this year.

He stated: the improvement of the province’s gardens in 20,000 hectares and the development of commercial cultivars is on the agenda, of which 2,000 hectares have been implemented so far.

The director of horticulture affairs of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of the province stated: There are more than one hundred varieties of dates in the country, of which fifty-five varieties are found in Hormozgan, of which 10 varieties are commercial.

He stated: Mordasang, Khasavi, Barahi, Kriteh, Majool, Pyarom, Zahedi, Shahani and Diri are the most important cultivars of commercial dates in Hormozgan.

Noting that the most important export figure, Pyaram, is the best date in the world, Gargij added: 10,000 tons of dates, which is mostly Pyaram, are worth $ 40 million annually to the Persian Gulf countries, Australia, USA, Europe, Canada, Russia. And Central Asia is exported.