The need for branding high quality Darab figs

The need for branding high quality Darab figs

Seyyed Kamal Pak-Fitrat, referring to the rainfed fig orchards of Darab city, stated: Important fig cultivars include green and black varieties, Shah fig, Matthew, etc.

Director General of Rural Affairs and Fars Provincial Councils said: The important advantage of Darab rainfed figs is that they do not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers, are not contaminated with aflatoxins and without supplementary irrigation, and rainfed figs are an organic product that has been approved by the international community. .

Referring to the fig harvest from early September to the end of October, he said: Darab has nearly six thousand hectares of rain-fed figs with an annual production of more than five thousand tons of dried figs, after Estahban, Neyriz and Jahrom in the fourth rank of fig producers Fars is located.

Referring to the average harvest of one ton of dried figs per hectare, Pak-e-Fitrat acknowledged: special climatic conditions such as climate, altitude, soil type, crop compatibility with the environment, no use of chemical fertilizers, leading to the production of organic figs in Most areas of the city.

Regarding the markets for selling Darab figs, he said: In addition to being sent to the provinces of Kerman, Isfahan, Hormozgan, Darab figs are also exported to Europe and the countries bordering the Persian Gulf.

The official in charge of the need to brand Darab figs said: Unfortunately, due to the anonymity of Darab figs, some producers sell their products under the names of other cities, which requires the branding of Darab figs so that this high quality figs can be called in the name of the city. Darab to be traded.