Lack of financial capacity to build raisin production plants
Mansouri, another raisin producer in North Khorasan, stated that the area under cultivation of his vineyards is four hectares and said:
Currently, grapes are harvested on three hectares and in half a hectare,
branching operations are underway to produce new varieties of raisin grapes. Is done.
He added:
The problem of selling prices of the product on the one hand and the inability of the gardener to develop the work on the other hand, they suffer.
Mansouri continued by stating that now, after the grapes are collected from the vineyards,
they are placed on bags spread on the ground to dry.
Gardeners start harvesting and producing grapes 10 days before this time because they are afraid of rain and wind in October,
which will damage the raisin crop, so they harvest it earlier and put it in the sun to Dry sooner and turn into raisins.
In addition, raisins spread in the sun may produce morning dew, which generally affects the taste and color of the raisins, he said.
The raisin producer stated:
If there are raisin production plants, the raisins will dry in the shade and turn into raisins, in which case it will have a better taste and color.
He said:
With the situation that the farmer has, on the one hand, the increase in production costs and on the other hand,
the low price of the product, the economic power does not remain in the farmer who can create a yard to produce the product.
