Beginning of saffron harvest from Shahinshahr and Maymeh farms
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Shahinshahr and Meymeh city said: the saffron harvest has started from 35 hectares of farms in Shahinshahr and Meymeh cities.
Mohammad Karimian told reporters: This year, with expert advice, saffron cultivation was fed by foliar application, which has led to a significant increase in harvest.
Karimian added: it is predicted that up to 250 kg of saffron will be harvested from farms this year. The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Shahinshahr and Meimeh cities, referring to the cultivation of aloe vera in the form of greenhouses, said: Aloe vera is cultivated in the fields of Meimeh district and at an area of two thousand square meters by rural women.
Karimian added: Aloe vera plant has useful and unique properties and the cultivation of this plant has brought great success in the field of employment of rural women.
In another part of his speech, he clarified: in the first six months of this year, over 4 million and one hundred thousand chickens have been hatched in the meat poultry units of this city.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of the city, referring to the activity of 100 meat poultry farms in the city, added: it is predicted that more than eight thousand tons of chicken meat will be produced from this amount of hatchery.
Karimian also pointed to the distribution of 1.2 million liters of subsidized fuel for the use of agricultural machinery and tools among the farmers of the city and added: more than 80% of agricultural operations in Shahinshahr and Maymeh are done mechanized.
Referring to the annual production of more than 12,000 tons of horticultural products in the city, he noted: Up to 140 jobs have been created in the field of horticultural projects in the city from the facilities of high-yield enterprises and entrepreneurs.
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