Seasonal water should be stored for rice cultivation

Seasonal water should be stored for rice cultivation

Gilan Jihad-e-Keshavarzi, deputy director of crop production improvement, said: Rehabilitation of dams will reduce the stress caused by water shortage in the province’s farmers.

Habib Jahansaz in the agricultural meeting of Gilan, pointing out that 171 thousand hectares of 238 thousand hectares of paddy lands of Gilan are helped by Sefidrood dam basin and another 60 thousand hectares of current and seasonal water, said: We have faced a barrier.

He added that the drought has reduced the water supply of rivers, adding: In previous years, we started the crop year with a normal water supply of 2 billion cubic meters, which has decreased to 900 million cubic meters in recent years despite the drought. . One way to deal with drought is to store seasonal rainwater.

Gilan Jihad-e-Keshavarzi deputy for crop production improvement, stating that in the past, the use of dams helped a lot to irrigate the province’s lands, added: We must reduce the stress caused by water shortage in the province’s farmers by rehabilitating dams.

He pointed out that timely plowing of the land in autumn increases the permeability and storage of water in the subsoil, he explained: A farmer needs 2,500 cubic meters of water in the initial plowing, and it is better that this amount of water with plowing In winter, the lands should be supplied with rainwater and the stored water should be used only after the transplanting stage.

Gilan Jihad-e-Keshavarzi Deputy for Plant Production Improvement added: Water storage, use of available water, increase of soil organic matter, pest control and conversion of weeds to soil organic matter are the benefits of winter plowing.