Rice cultivation is limited in other provinces of Iran

Rice cultivation is limited in other provinces of Iran

Deputy Minister of Crop Production Improvement of Mazandaran Agricultural Jihad Organization announced the restriction of rice cultivation in other provinces of the country.

Azizullah Shahidifar at the inauguration ceremony of Simorgh agricultural projects on the occasion of the Fajr decade, stating that rice is a strategic product of Iran and Mazandaran is the first agricultural hub, said: Mazandaran with 210 hectares of paddy lands and production of 1100 tons of paddy ranks 44% of the country’s production Self-assigned.

He pointed out that there has been a lot of lack of love for the agricultural sector, adding: A large part of the pure paddy lands of Mazandaran has been turned into black root and citrus orchards, which will certainly affect the livelihood of farmers. Over the last 2 years, the care of farmers has increased and they can farm more safely.

Shahidifar, pointing out that 210,000 hectares of paddy lands in Mazandaran have been cultivated this year, said: In 33,000 hectares of these lands, re-cultivation has been done and in 52,000 hectares, ratoon cultivation has been done, of which 177,000 paddy crops have been harvested. It is expected that the food of three million Mazandaranis will be provided in this way.

The Deputy Minister of Crop Production Improvement of Mazandaran Agricultural Jihad Organization stated that with the new policies, rice cultivation will be limited in other provinces of the country, noting: We predict that the price of rice will stabilize and increase with the increase of inflation rate.

According to ISNA, Simorgh Governor Farajollah Yadalehpour, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the city’s agricultural jihad projects, said that 12 production units in Simorgh have received production boom facilities so far, adding that the amount of facilities paid to these units is 6 billion and 580 million. It has been Tomans.

Yadalehpour, the applicants for the production boom facilities in this city announced 70 units and stating that in the plan to facilitate the integration of lands last year, 462 hectares of land in this city have been equipped and integrated, he added: to implement this The plan has cost 2 billion and 700 million tomans from the credits of the presidential trip to the province.

The governor said: this year, with a credit of 2 billion and 500 million Tomans, a facilitation and integration plan will be implemented for 260 hectares of paddy lands in this city. Implementing land consolidation facilitation has a great impact on production efficiency and cost reduction.