Unique capacity of Fars province in date production
With the heat reaching its peak, the harvest season of Rotab, Khark and dates in Fars province and date-producing cities of Darab city located in the easternmost point of this province began.
Darab city, with 1,800 hectares of date palm cultivation area, produces 7,000 tons of dates annually.
Darab with this amount of date production and related products, is one of the important centers of production of this strategic product in Fars.
Harvesting dates varies according to the time of heat peak and usually starts from the beginning of August each year and with the harvest of early crops such as rotab and khark.
Dates in Darab city have many different varieties and it can be claimed that most varieties of this product are produced in different parts of that city.
Khasoei, Shahani, Zahedi, Pyarom, Kebkab are among the most famous varieties of dates in this city, and the forge and central parts with an average of four quarters per hectare, have the highest production of dates and by-products.
Paying attention to the fact that the date harvest in Darab city will continue until the end of October, shows the wide climatic diversity of this city.
Darab city has a tasty product and considering that the quality of dates is classified into four principles of taste, sweetness, method of harvesting and storage and variety, it can be said that it offers a suitable product to the market.
One of the biggest problems in this city is the lack of conversion and packaging industries to complete the production and supply chain.
According to this report, the development of the area under cultivation of economic cultivars, especially dry ones such as Pyarom and Zahedi, is a priority of Jihad Keshavarzi management programs in Darab city. Kerman, Tehran, Yazd and Hormozgan are shipped and sold there.
Considering the fact that in this way, the producers of the least amount of profits and intermediaries usually earn the most profit and make, the need to pay attention to solving the problem of creating and developing packaging, conversion and processing industries in Fars province, focusing It is more and more reminiscent of date-producing areas.
In addition to Darab, the cities of Jahrom, Fasa, Kazerun, Larestan, Lamerd and Firoozabad also produce and supply to the consumer market in different volumes and types of dates, Khark, Rotab, etc.
The extent of these cities from east to south of Fars province and the long harvest time from mid-July to mid-December show the importance of paying attention to this product and improving the quantity and quality of production and supply methods to the market as an undeniable necessity that can pave the way for employment development. Wealth, Prosperity of the agricultural sector and upgrading the industrial level of Fars in the processing and food processing industries, is reminded.