Sesame planting is developed in Hormozgan
Deputy of Plant Production Improvement of Hormozgan Jihad Agricultural Organization said: about two thousand hectares of the province’s lands are currently dedicated to sesame cultivation, which according to the yield of one ton and 200 thousand kilos per hectare is expected to be more than two at the end of the harvest season. 1,400 tons of crops should be harvested from these lands.
Seyed Saeed Modarres added: According to the policy of Hormozgan Jihad Agricultural Organization in order to improve the cultivation pattern of crops and replace the cultivation of crops with lower water requirements instead of crops with high water requirements such as corn, the yield under sesame cultivation compared to the year In the past, it has increased by about 60 percent, which is expected to reach about 70 percent by the end of the growing season.
He pointed out: The main cultivation of this crop is done in Hajiabad, Rudan, Minab and Bastak cities, respectively.