Rapeseed cultivation helps to stabilize rice production
Gilan Jihad-e-Agriculture Production Improvement Deputy said: At present, over 280 hectares of Gilan lands are under rapeseed cultivation.
Habib Jahansaz stated: Most of the canola produced in Gilan is cultivated in Rudbar city and currently over 280 hectares of Gilan lands are under canola cultivation.
He pointed out that at present we do not have a specific amount of rapeseed for cultivation in the plains of the province, noting that because rapeseed harvest must be completed before rice transplanting and cultivars that are usually grown in Gilan are late, can not be widely used in parts He cultivated rapeseed in Gilan plains. Rapeseed is usually one of the most important crops that farmers pay attention to in the second crop.
Gilan Jihad-e-Keshavarzi Deputy for Production Improvement said: Undergrounding rapeseed residues after harvesting this crop, in addition to increasing soil organic matter, improves the physical and chemical quality of the soil and thus its fertility.
He pointed out that rapeseed cultivation also increases soil nutrient capacity, adding: Cultivation of this oilseed in the second half of the year, reduces soil leaching with heavy rains and while preventing soil erosion, also prevents flooding to some extent. Slowly
Jahansaz noted that in rapeseed cultivation, weeds are reduced because the soil is plowed again, which also reduces the use of fertilizers and pesticides in the production of rice, wheat and barley.
According to the public relations of the Iranian Rice Research Institute, in order to increase the optimal productivity of paddy lands and increase farmers’ incomes, the rapeseed research project was implemented as the second crop after rice harvest in Gile Pardehsar research station of the Iranian Rice Research Institute. Rapeseed plants have good growth and in the stage of flowering and pod formation. After harvesting rapeseed in mid-May, rice is transplanted.