Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi:
Mechanized harvesting saffron to favor production
Deputy improving plant production Khorasan Agriculture Organization said in favor of mechanized harvesting saffron production.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region, Mohammad patient Bilandī today, 25 June, at a press conference held in the Department of Agriculture province, said about mechanized production of agricultural products it is important, first, that the cultivation mechanization of the harvest and its quality increases, but on the other hand this way, we saw an increase in unemployment in the agricultural sector.
He added that this is particularly the discussion of saffron that 75% of costs related to the cost of production, said that other countries in the current situation and we have to plant the crop on the smuggling of saffron bulbs are between jobs section agriculture and increase exports and maintain export markets, which we choose a policy of maintaining a strategic product for export markets and the development of mechanization in saffron production process.
Bilandī patient said that last year the province was allocated a credit line of mechanization in the current 80 billion USD and 52 billion USD last year, this year the province was notified, the amount of credit in order to attract applicant cities have been notified .
He stated that one of Rahkay development of agriculture and horticulture mechanization development of new technology, said some of the problems and is losing its place in the world that to this end to the mechanization of agricultural production move forward.
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi on greenhouse cultivation in the province, said a total of 184 hectares of the 150 hectares of the province’s greenhouse vegetable production and 27 hectares devoted to ornamental plants.
He stated that there are 879 units in the province’s greenhouse, said the number for 3719 is to directly create jobs.
Bilandī patient said: greenhouse cultivation in the program this year and it was decided to plant 70 hectares of the province’s greenhouse.
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan in response to a reporter’s question about the possibility of increasing levels of greenhouse cultivation ISNA up in 1404 to 1,000 hectares, said the increase in the province, but it must be exported in the form of dedicated facilities in order to make mechanisms , otherwise it will be useless development of greenhouse products.
Regarding the difficulties for export of greenhouse province, said the specific terms and conditions of crops already have target markets in order to be detected.
Bilandī patient stating that the greenhouse cultivation are not ranked in the country, said the hydroponic greenhouse in first place with 40% coverage across the country.
Growth of 200 percent purchase of wheat
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi said that so far 93 thousand 300 tons of surplus wheat farmers need to be guaranteed that the statistics they purchased over the previous year growth of 200 percent.
Bilandī patient pointed out that fortunately did not have particular problems in the field of frostbite and heat exhaustion products, said little damage to agriculture is not the province has 193 thousand hectares of wheat and 125 thousand hectares of wheat were produced in the province.
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi on the first rainfall so far this year, said a 202 mm rainfall in April to 22 June, the rate was 22.8 percent compared to last year, but compared to 3.8 percent last month We reduced rainfall, the situation is definitely better than last year’s performance of farms.
He predicted production of 664 thousand tons of wheat in the province and said: Of this amount, 410 thousand tons of surplus farmers need to be guaranteed that they will purchase.
Bilandī said patient: a third of the wheat produced improved seeds becomes and this year more than 20 thousand tons of improved seeds have water and rain-fed, over a period of four years the modified seed should be 75 percent.
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi about the combine in the country, said now combines 540 indigenous and 600 immigrant labor combine harvesting in the province, and is generally 80 percent of the wheat and barley harvesting .
He said that this year 160 hectares of irrigated and rainfed barley is harvested, said 55 tons of this amount has been guaranteed purchase price of 920 USD.
Bilandī patient about the pest, said this year, 245 thousand hectares of agricultural land in general, the fight against weeds and pests on wheat and barley has been done.
Medal incentive to grow crops province governor
Deputy Agriculture Organization of Khorasan in another part of his speech expressed satisfaction with the growth of healthy crops over the past 5 years, said the governor’s investiture incentive for crops since 90 started in the year 27 licenses to the issued , these statistics in 91 to 47 butterfly, 92 years, 210 butterfly and last year reached 667 butterfly.
He added that the 74 hectares of agricultural land to produce 135 thousand tons of product which has been the main products include melons, tomatoes and potatoes are.
He added that the design of the products produced by farmers who are able to receive the incentive, said in the debate that we are implementing their pest control pesticide use and the use of other biological, and mechanical year Grain 93-94, 37 thousand and 277 hectares of agricultural land were covered IMP.
Bilandī patient aim of this project towards production of goods of the agricultural sector, he said, generally 90% of the products produced in the province have the ability to receive this certificate.
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