The price of nuts went up peanuts became plentiful

The price of nuts went up peanuts became plentiful

The director of Astana Ashrafieh Agricultural Jihad said: the price of nuts encouraged the almond farmers of this city to produce more peanuts.

Hamid Soleimani, stating that the threshold is the center of peanut production in the country, said: Due to the increase in the price of nuts and the good market that sells this product, the desire of almond growers to develop peanut orchards has increased.

He added: Astana Ashrafieh city has 2,500 hectares of peanut orchards and an average of 12,000 tons of fresh peanut cocoons are produced every year.

Noting that we plan to reduce the cost of peanut production in the city, Soleimani said: Integrating orchards and establishing pressurized irrigation is one of the ways to reduce water consumption and thus reduce the cost of producing crops.

He stated that mechanization and production of peanuts in all three stages of planting, and harvesting of this product is one of the main ways to reduce the cost of peanut production, he specified: plans to increase mechanized production of peanut production by localization in Astana Ashrafieh Work has been done to make this product more economical for almond farmers.

The director of Astana Ashrafieh Agricultural Jihad, referring to the importance and attention of the people to the consumption of peanut nuts, said: On average, 4,100 tons of hazelnuts are produced in Astana.

He added: The smuggling of peanuts and the import of this product illegally had put Astana almonds in unfavorable conditions. Astana almond names do not enter the market.