The average production of Persian sesame exceeded 1100 kg per hectare
The head of the Fars Agricultural Jihad Organization said: The average production of sesame in the world is 600 kg and in the country is 700-600 kg per hectare, but this figure has exceeded one thousand and one hundred kilos in Fars province.
Mehrzad Kherad added: Fars has gained the top position in the country in sesame production in recent years and produces 9,000 tons of sesame products annually. Kherad added: in order to change the cultivation pattern and continue severe and consecutive droughts in the province, the need to replace products with less water consumption such as sesame compared to other products in the province is inevitable that sesame with its high resistance to dehydration and salinity can be a good alternative. To change the cultivation pattern of the province.
He mentioned the replacement of high-yielding and improved cultivars of sesame with local cultivars as one of the measures taken in relation to sesame cultivation in the province and specified: Increasing crop yield to one ton per hectare compared to previous cultivars has also welcomed farmers.
Kherad mentioned the implementation of conservation agriculture (no-till) in the cultivation of this crop as other important measures and reminded: Sesame cultivation has been cultivated without soil (20% of the province’s cultivation area) which, while increasing the acceptance and desire of farmers, has also helped to increase their income.
He also mentioned planning for mechanized harvesting of sesame as one of the other important programs and referring to the addition of sesame in the insurance list of agricultural products from last year: Follow-ups have been done in purchasing sesame products of the province through confectionery factories in the country. Elimination of brokers and intermediaries should also prevent the fall in the price of this product.
The head of the Fars Agricultural Jihad Organization also emphasized the creation of sesame processing industries and noted: By considering trade issues and creating processing industries, stability, production and increase of farmers’ income will be achieved.