Harvest of chamomile for the first time in Hersin

Harvest of chamomile for the first time in Hersin

This medicinal plant has been cultivated on the level of one and a half hectares by the young and tasteful farmer of Harsini and now its crop has reached the time of harvest.
The Deputy Minister of Plant Production Improvement of Kermanshah Jihad Agricultural Organization, at the beginning of the chamomile flower harvesting operation in this farm, in a speech, considered the farm desirable and said: These farms can be a suitable model for other farmers.
Safavid, pointing out that in this farm, which we are witnessing fruitful harvest, a young man with Hersini motive has planted 13 types of medicinal plants in about four hectares of his farm, added: These plants include chamomile, saffron, rabbit, coriander, fennel, Chicory is a peppermint, black seed and other plants that are sent to cosmetics and medicinal plants.
He stated that in Kermanshah province, the total area of medicinal plants in the province is 3,200 hectares and predicted that 6,400 tons of medicinal plants would be harvested from this area.
He added: Cultivation of medicinal plants, in addition to generating economic income, creates employment; It also provides raw materials for medicinal plants.
Safavi, pointing out that the Office of Arbitration Plants has been established in the Jihad Agricultural Organization of Kermanshah Province, added: This office has been established to guide and encourage farmers and those interested in growing medicinal plants.
He said: Jihad Agriculture Organization supports the development of medicinal plants by paying low-interest facilities.
According to the General Directorate of Natural Resources, this year, with the participation of the people, 353 hectares of natural resources in Kermanshah province have been planted with medicinal plants.
Kermanshah natural forests are about 528,900 hectares, ie about 5.21% of the total area of the province and 4% of the total forests of the country.
The per capita natural forest in Kermanshah is 26 hundred hectares, in the country it is 2 tenths of a hectare and in the world it is 6 to 8 tenths of a hectare, which is higher than the national norm and lower than the global norm of the province.
The area of Kermanshah rangelands is one million and 188 thousand and 400 hectares, which thus constitutes 48% of the province’s area.
Kermanshah rangelands have 1.4 tenths of the total rangelands of the country and the per capita rangelands in the province is 6 tenths of hectares.
Kermanshah province with an area of more than 24 thousand square kilometers has a population of 2 million people with 32 cities and 2,622 villages.