More than 32 thousand tons of pistachios in Hama

 Hama, (ST) – The Governorate of Hama Agriculture estimated the governorate production of pistachio crop for the current season at about 32,241 tons, of which 8897 tons were from  irrigated lands and 23,344 tons were from rain fed lands.

The head of the Department of Planning and International Cooperation in the Directorate, Eng. Muwaffaq al-Najjar told SANA correspondent that the total areas planted with pistachio trees amounted to 213388 dunums of which 61,691 dunums are irrigated and 151697 dunums are rain fed, indicating that the governorate is famous for many different varieties of pistachios, like al-Ashuri.

He pointed out that most of the pistachio trees are concentrated in the northern countryside of the governorate, especially Mork and Soran, indicating the start of harvesting operations in some villages and towns in the governorate.

It is noteworthy that the governorate of Hama last year produced more than 28 thousand tons of pistachios.

Raghda Sawas