Iran: 17 thousand and 800 hectares of Khuzestan lands are under autumn sugar beet cultivation

In an interview with ISNA, Abdolreza Seyed Ahmadi said, referring to autumn sugar beet cultivation in Khuzestan: According to the plans, 17,800 hectares of agricultural land in Khuzestan are to be cultivated for autumn sugar beet. Pointing out that last year the cultivated area of autumn sugar beet in the province was more than 16 thousand 500 hectares, he said: last year the production of autumn sugar beet was 1 million 44 thousand tons. The Director of Agriculture of Khuzestan Agricultural Jihad Organization said: This year, considering the existing conditions, we expect to have a good performance in autumn sugar beet production and harvest more than 1 million and 157 thousand tons of beet from the farms of the province. Syed Ahmadi continued: The date of cultivation, harmful factors, nutrition, temperature, rainfall and cultivation pattern are effective factors in ...