Baku, Azerbaijan, April 14
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
More than 12,000 tons of greenhouse cucumbers have been grown and supplied to the market in Iran’s south-eastern Sistan and Baluchestan province since October last year up till now, Majid Fayyazi, director of the Iranshahr county agricultural department of Sistan and Baluchestan province, said.
Farmers have allocated more than 60 hectares of land for the cultivation of the greenhouse cucumbers, Fayyazi added, Trend reports referring to IRNA.
He added that 150 tons of cucumbers are picked from each hectare in the greenhouse.
However, 50 tons of cucumbers are picked from each hectare in the fields, Fayyazi said.
Some 254,000 people live in Iranshahr county. More than 17,000 people work in the agricultural sector.