2024-03-14T09:32:57+00:00
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/ Information from the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO) revealed on Thursday that Iraq is the sixth Arab nation producing tomatoes, with its manufacturing reaching greater than 700 thousand tons for the 12 months 2023.
In accordance with the group’s knowledge, Egypt got here first as the biggest producer of tomatoes within the Arab nations with a amount of 6.2 million tons, adopted by Algeria second with 1.64 million tons, adopted by Tunisia third with 1.64 million tons, Morocco fourth with 1.31 million tons, and Syria fifth with 757 thousand tons. Whereas Iraq got here sixth, with 744 thousand tons, through the previous 12 months.
The United Nations group indicated that the tomato crop grows in a interval starting from 90 to 150 days, and grows at a median day by day temperature between 18 to 25 levels Celsius through the day, and between 10 to twenty levels at evening.
Frequent mild irrigation improves fruit measurement, form, juiciness and colour, however in return reduces whole solids (dry matter content material) and acid content material.
A lower in solids reduces the standard of the fruit, and when selecting irrigation practices, the kind of ultimate product required should be taken into consideration, as a chronic lack of water results in cracking of the fruit.