Prediction of harvesting 60,000 tons of rice in Behshahr
Director of Behshahr Agricultural Jihad said: 8304 hectares of lands in Behshahr city have been planted with rice, which has been harvested at an area of 650 hectares and will continue until the second half of October and is expected to harvest about 60 thousand tons of rice in the 2016 crop year. Be.
Khalil Haghighi stated: The area under rice cultivation in the crop year of 2016 in Behshahr city is 8304 hectares, of which 85% is equivalent to 7054 hectares to high-yielding cultivars including Shiroodi, Fajr, Neda and Sahel and 15% is equivalent to 1250 hectares to cultivars. Located Tarom, Tarom Hashemi and Sang Tarom.
He added: 4183 hectares of the total area under cultivation has been transplanted by mechanized method and 4121 hectares by traditional method. Farmers after transplanting due to favorable weather conditions and adequate water supply with proper management, including timely land preparation, timely cultivation, weed control, proper nutrition management and pest and disease management. Presented in rice harvest per unit area.
Haghighi stated that the first harvest of rice this year in Behshahr city was done in the traditional way in local cultivars on July 18th, and said: since the beginning of the harvest, an area of ??650 hectares has been harvested, of which 210 hectares by mechanized method and 440 The hectare is done in the traditional way.
Director of Behshahr Agricultural Jihad, pointing out that in the rice fields of this city, the harvest area of ??5000 hectares is forecasted by mechanized method, noted: Rice harvest will continue until the second half of October and is expected from the total area of ??8304 hectares of farms The paddy field of the city should be harvested in the amount of 60 thousand tons of rice.
Haghighi reminded: in order to develop cultivation and increase production and productivity, the second rice cultivation (regrowth) will be done in the paddy lands of Behshahr city on an area equivalent to 250 hectares.