Unsanitary 70% of raisin orchards in Bardaskan
The director of Jihad-e-Agriculture of Bardaskan city announced the production of grapes in this city as 32 thousand and 500 tons and said:
60% of this production will be turned into raisin.
Engineer Hamid Hajinejad announced the area of vineyards in this city as 1300 hectares and said:
due to the unprecedented cold of winter 2007,
the area of vineyards in Bardaskan city decreased from 1800 hectares to 1300 hectares and other gardeners
due to the high price of pomegranate And pistachios were not interested in replanting this crop.
He announced the average production of grapes per hectare as 25 tons and said:
it is predicted that 32 thousand and 500 tons of grapes will be harvested from this area.
Director of Jihad-e-Keshavarzi of Bardaskan, stating that 40% of the grapes of the city are consumed fresh, said:
so far, more than 500 tons of grapes of Bardaskan have been exported to Central Asian countries.
Engineer Hajinejad announced the grape production figures of Bardaskan city as 9 digits and said:
the dominant and commercial cultivar of Grape city is Peykami and Askari.
He announced the current price of grapes as appropriate compared to previous years and said:
It is predicted that 20,000 tons of the 32,500 tons of grapes produced in the city will be turned into raisin this year,
and it is estimated that 5,000 tons of raisin will be produced in the city.
He stated that 70% of the raisin orchards in Bardaskan are unsanitary and traditional, and said:
If there is an applicant for the renovation of health orchards,
50 million Rials will be paid to each applicant through the credits of the horticulture department.
He announced the employment of grape products in the harvest season 32 thousand people a day and said:
the grape harvest will start on August 1 and will continue until September 15.
He described the lack of fruit cold storage in Bardaskan as one of the most important problems in the harvest season and said:
Jihad-e-Keshavarzi management is ready to provide facilities to investors to build
a cold storage in the city through development credits in the agricultural sector.
Regarding the production of horticultural products, he called the city’s need for a 5,000-ton cold storage necessary.