Prediction of harvesting 280 tons of sesame in Darashahr
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi in the city announced the harvest of sesame oil seeds on 400 hectares of agricultural lands in the city.
Engineer Ali Gholami stated: The work of harvesting sesame oil seeds in 400 hectares of farms and fertile agricultural lands of this city has started and it is predicted that by the end of the harvest season, 280 tons of sesame oil seeds with economic value of 28 billion Rials will be produced and harvested. Be.
He estimated the average harvest of sesame oil seeds per hectare at 700 kg and noted: This product, in addition to meeting the province’s domestic needs for use in agricultural production units and industries, including confectionery, confectionery and food supplement industries, is exported and sold to neighboring provinces. arrives.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi in the city noted: The highest area under sesame oil cultivation in this city is allocated to the villages of the central part of the geographical area of Zarinudasht and part of the villages of the geographical area of Ermo, where 250 farming families with a population of 750 people cultivate and produce Product busy.
Gholami said that one of the services provided to the sesame farmers of this city in the fields of planting and holding and harvesting is the timely preparation of agricultural inputs and their benefit from timely and good advice from agricultural experts and promoters and holding extension training classes.
He said that the increase in the area under cultivation and production of sesame oil seeds compared to the previous crop year in this city is about 100% and reminded: the harvest of this product will start in early October and will continue until the end of the first half of October.