Prediction of harvesting 200 thousand tons of citrus fruits from Gilan orchards in Iran

In an interview with ISNA, Saleh Mohammadi considered Gilan to be the sixth province in the field of citrus production and stated: This year, we will use the citrus fruits produced in the province to store the fruit for Eid. Referring to the activation of rural cooperatives in Gilan to buy citrus fruit from gardeners after harvesting, he added: Apple fruit is also bought from East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan provinces to organize the Shab Eid market. The head of the Gilan Agricultural Jihad Organization considered the area under citrus cultivation in the province to be 11 thousand hectares and said that most of the citrus groves in the province were seeded and located in the cities of Langrod, Rudsar and Amlesh. He also mentioned the kiwi product of Gilan and continued: Gilan is one of the important provinces in the field of kiwi production and we have the first rank of kiwi orchards and we produce 220 to 230 thousand tons of kiwi annually. The head of the Gilan Agricultural ...