Verses are one of the reasons for the increase in the cost of rice harvest in Talesh

Verses are one of the reasons for the increase in the cost of rice harvest in Talesh

The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Talesh city said: 30% of the paddy fields of this city were affected by weeds and this has increased the cost of harvesting the crop.

Ali Mousavi, stating that Talesh city has 16,000 hectares of paddy lands, of which 4,800 hectares have been affected, said: On average, 76,000 to 79,000 tons of white rice is produced in this city, and we expect a very good crop this year as well. Of course, weeding or dormancy of rice stalks caused by rain has increased the cost of rice harvest for farmers.

He added: Farmers in this city do not take action to insure their paddy fields as they should, and one of the reasons for the lack of necessary reception is that the insurance coverage is not what they expected.

Mousavi noted: Insurance usually pays much less than the amount that farmers suffer in the event of an accident, and this makes paddy farmers less willing to insure their paddy fields.

He added: Currently, the support situation for kiwi crop insurance is very good, but farmers need to receive at least a quarter of the damage they suffer in order to insure their rice crop, which unfortunately is not the case.

The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Talesh city stated that another concern of Talesh paddy farmers is that the sardehs of this city are not equipped and said: since this city is not covered by Sefidrood dam for irrigating rice, it is necessary to equip sardehs to protect the underground aquifers of the city. .

He added: If farmers are not worried about water supply, they will proceed according to the agricultural calendar and will not face any rain when harvesting rice.

Mousavi said: 15% of the rice in this city has been harvested so far and 90% has been reached.

He pointed out that Versus forced farmers to increase the number of workers needed to harvest rice. Combines also run slower than usual in the paddy fields where Verses has grown, and all this causes the rice harvest to The city will spend more time.