Production of 990 thousand tons of white rice in Mazandaran

Production of 990 thousand tons of white rice in Mazandaran

The Deputy Minister of Crop Production Improvement of Jihad Keshavarzi announced the production of 993,250 tons of white rice in the paddy fields of the province.

Majid Bahadori about the situation of rice cultivation in Mazandaran province in the 1399 crop year, stated: 214,326 hectares of agricultural lands in the province were allocated to rice cultivation, of which 46,702 hectares were high-yielding cultivars and 167,624 hectares were local cultivars.

He pointed out that with an average yield of 5,832 tons per hectare, 1,231,224 tons of paddy was harvested in the province’s paddy lands, adding: This year, 54,342 hectares of paddy lands in the province after the first cultivation to cultivate Raton and 55,637 hectares were allocated for rice re-cultivation, of which 308,520 tons of rice paddy were produced.

Deputy Minister of Crop Production Improvement of Mazandaran Agricultural Jihad Organization continued: A total of 993,250 tons of white rice was produced from the first rice cultivation, ratoon cultivation and rice re-cultivation in the paddy lands of the province.

Referring to the consumption of 7,314 tons of paddy seeds in the province’s paddy fields, the official clarified: This year, 35,231 tons of nitrogen fertilizer, 16,449 tons of phosphate fertilizer and 15,652 tons of potash fertilizer for cultivation of this product in The province was distributed and consumed.

Bahadori, stating that the fight against rice stem borer in the first and second generation was carried out in 147,411 hectares of paddy fields in the province, added: weed control in 210,077 hectares, leaf blast in 24,503 Hectares and cluster blasting took place in 98,918 hectares and biological control took place in 14,000 hectares of paddy fields in Mazandaran.

In the end, he stated that 21 thousand and 399 hectares of paddy fields of the province were insured this year, and said: 98 thousand and 746 hectares of paddy lands of the province were harvested by mechanized method in the crop year of 1399.