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00:00:04at the historic Bahla Fort in the Al Dakhiliyah Governorate.
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00:00:32authentic varieties and selected varieties. The late maturing varieties outstanding universal value. The participation of the Sultanate of Oman in this
00:00:35investing in wheat in initiative comes as the second country in
00:00:40Yes, we rely more on we need to stop at this the Arab region after the Kingdom of Morocco, due to its important role in preserving the global cultural heritage.
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00:02:04working on all crops. In
00:02:10did you turn to this
00:02:26and get his share of
00:02:37here in this
00:02:52so that their roots can penetrate deeply into
00:02:52Don't
00:02:54accuse me.
00:02:59is what causes problems in
00:03:16pest. But he should
00:03:24This is well known. No one doubts
00:03:26sprinklers. And now, in it in wheat cultivation, bucket. We used to do that but
00:03:29I strive for food security for every
00:03:31family. The concrete ground
00:03:35with water creates an environment
00:03:39arises: why is this for insects. The land needs a balance,
00:03:43compared to this field? This and your eyes are your first balance.
00:03:47226. This Yes. We lived on wheat,
00:03:51and our children will live on
00:03:54with wheat last year and was planted with wheat wheat.
00:03:57Hello. Wheat is considered one of the most important food sources
00:04:00for humans, and it is one of the oldest
00:04:03varieties tested in crops cultivated by The government humans. It plays a vital role in the economy
00:04:09the soil. Using alfalfa of many countries. In this episode, let's learn about the agricultural practices
00:04:11for wheat cultivation.
00:04:14working on
00:04:19yield has decreased. Now, this the best imported variety,
00:04:34Badr, we want to know about
00:04:34in the Kula and in the Sari'a
00:04:39Brother Salim, we are in the Wilayat of Ibri, specifically in this village, the village
00:04:43of Naqeed. We want you to tell us about the results of your experiment
00:04:47in wheat cultivation and the recommendations
00:04:49valve. So the effect is in you have reached so that that you followed in this we can benefit from them and also
00:04:52benefit our esteemed viewers. Of course,
00:04:55when the star Suhail appears and the weather gets cooler,
00:05:02and 110 and 308. These the farmer prepares to plant wheat for the winter season.
00:05:03The land
00:05:07furrow system. The field we are standing naturally needs preparation, it needs to be prepared.
00:05:11He gets rid of the previous crop and prepares the land
00:05:14through false seeding
00:05:17to combat the weeds that might appear in the wheat
00:05:20crop. He fertilizes this soil with organic fertilizers.
00:05:24He irrigates it once or twice, then turns it over.
00:05:26The planting season is in
00:05:30November. There are early maturing varieties
00:05:34and late maturing varieties. The
00:05:37early maturing varieties are the improved
00:05:41are the
00:05:45that our parents and grandparents have inherited from generation to
00:05:48generation, from ancestors to descendants, using
00:05:51, of course, the irrigation system such as drip
00:05:54irrigation or
00:05:56sprinklers, or generally modern
00:06:00irrigation.
00:06:00الحديث
00:06:06Wheat is planted in the second half of November with a seed quantity
00:06:09estimated at 40 to 50 kilograms. As for
00:06:13the harvest time and quantity, it depends on
00:06:16three factors: the variety, the agricultural practices,
00:06:21is planted. Therefore, my fellow farmers, you should always consult
00:06:26wheat in terms of production
00:06:29the report published in 2021 by the competent authorities,
00:06:33we would find that the average yield in Al Dhahirah
00:06:36and Al Dakhiliyah governorates reached about one
00:06:40and a half tons per feddan, while for North Al Batinah governorate,
00:06:44it was about 850 kilograms.
00:06:47Therefore, we must always look at the wheat
00:06:50varieties that thrive in our lands.
00:07:12What is the area of this field? This is about a quarter of a feddan. A quarter of a feddan.
00:07:16You use drip irrigation. Yes, yes. I use drip irrigation.
00:07:19Now, why
00:07:22system? Aha, what is the reason? Generally,
00:07:26in our country, or this particular state, rainfall
00:07:29is not continuous. Yes. And water is scarce.
00:07:32And every farmer wants to not miss
00:07:35a season
00:07:38cultivation. So, there is no solution or method for him except through
00:07:42drip irrigation. Or sprinklers. What is the distance you set between one line
00:07:45and the next here? The distance is 70 cm. 70. But
00:07:49of course, it differs from soil to soil, and the best
00:07:51recommendations are between 50 cm to 30 cm
00:07:55between one dripper and the next. 20 cm. This is known. No one
00:07:59doubts it in wheat cultivation. Drippers are always 20 cm
00:08:03between them. Okay. If we don't use sprinklers, how much distance is preferred
00:08:06between one sprinkler and the next, based on your experiences? Also, based on
00:08:10my experiences, 10 meters. 10. Does it not increase
00:08:13the plants a bit? Indeed, when the pressure
00:08:16is high and the variety is tall,
00:08:20yes, indeed, in our local dialect, we say
00:08:24it "yasfa," so it indeed suffers from the lodging
00:08:28choose a short variety from the beginning, so this problem won't appear.
00:08:47Between this field and this field, the question
00:08:52field of lower quality
00:08:55field, which is the same variety, Wadi Khariyat
00:09:00field, we planted cowpeas in it. But this field
00:09:03remained as it was. It was planted
00:09:07this year. Yes, we gave it organic fertilizer, and actually in
00:09:10our local terminology,
00:09:12using or diversifying crops in the same
00:09:16soil improves the soil and nourishes
00:09:21in winter and cowpeas
00:09:23in summer, otherwise the land will be exhausted if it's always wheat, wheat,
00:09:27wheat. You yourself will notice that the wheat
00:09:32variety, what is its number? 226.
00:09:35And Al-Qurayat, is it commercially recommended?
00:09:38Of course, last year we produced for the feddan, and this is a personal calculation.
00:09:42Yes. And in our state, the feddan produced
00:09:462400 kilograms. And now you have in the same
00:09:49variety, the evidence is before your eyes and with your observation.
00:09:53The same variety and the same agricultural practices
00:09:57and the same irrigation, as it is one pump and one
00:10:02the spikes. This spike can contain 14
00:10:04grains.
00:10:191 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
00:10:2210 11 12 13 14
00:10:26This is 14 grains. If we move
00:10:30to the other side, then a random
00:10:33selection, for example, this is 1
00:10:362 3 4 5 6 7 8
00:10:399. Of course, there is a difference between this spike
00:10:42and this spike.
00:10:44And of course,
00:10:47this one will have larger
00:10:49and heavier grains, while this one will have shriveled
00:10:52and lighter grains.
00:10:55Viewers, so that we can also delve into the issue of
00:10:58foliar fertilization,
00:11:02topic and learn about it in more detail.
00:11:04تفصيلي
00:11:10It is important to plow the land twice before planting,
00:11:13perpendicularly, to break it up and expose
00:11:16it to the sun and also to aerate it. It is also important to add
00:11:19approximately 20 cubic meters of organic fertilizers
00:11:23before the second plowing,
00:11:27triple superphosphate granular fertilizer. There are also some
00:11:30agricultural recommendations that indicated the amount
00:11:34of fertilizer needed per feddan. You can
00:11:37consult them.
00:12:04This, what we have, is called frikeh. You can eat it
00:12:08like this, and children love it, or we can
00:12:10roast it on the fire. So you spent your time, effort,
00:12:14and money, and took a part of your land,
00:12:18planted and researched until
00:12:21you reached these results. Couldn't you just go to the market
00:12:25and buy it and save yourself the trouble? If we were to
00:12:28calculate it
00:12:31with this theory or with this idea,
00:12:33it would be easier for one to go to the market and buy a sack
00:12:37of it. But I strive for food security for every
00:12:40family. We, our families, the families
00:12:43of farmers, have a food security mindset. Our farmers' stores
00:12:47and our homes' stores are filled
00:12:50with wheat all year round. And the wheat
00:12:53season comes, and wheat from last year is still
00:12:56available. I still preserve the cultivation of local
00:12:59varieties. I have about
00:13:02field
00:13:05more than 13 local Omani authentic
00:13:08varieties. And I also preserve the selected
00:13:12varieties from agricultural research
00:13:14such as Jamah and Wadi Furian.
00:13:18Tell the esteemed viewers about the local Omani varieties.
00:13:21The Misani has three types. Yes.
00:13:25The Sari'a also has three types. We also have the Kula,
00:13:28and we have the Jarida. Yes.
00:13:32And we have the Alas which is grown in the south of the Sultanate in Dhofar. Yes.
00:13:35And we have the Humaira and we have
00:13:38the Bahri, and we also have the Walidi variety.
00:13:52So, my dear viewers, what the farmer Salim
00:13:55is doing, even though he cultivates these innovative crops,
00:13:59is to provide information and guidance to farmers.
00:14:03The goal is not financial as much as it is to raise
00:14:07the efficiency of this agricultural production and develop it until we achieve
00:14:10local self-sufficiency. Let our lands be cultivated. Let
00:14:14us reach the ambition of achieving self-sufficiency,
00:14:18and we must all realize that the grain of wheat in
00:14:21our homes did not come except after
00:14:25a struggle and effort
00:14:28like the struggle we see before us.
00:14:59the agricultural practices through your experiences
00:15:02regarding wheat cultivation, wheat fertilization, and also pest
00:15:05and disease control that affect wheat, and most importantly,
00:15:09your practices
00:15:12place regarding irrigation.
00:15:15Of course, we are working on a drip irrigation system, and with
00:15:19drip irrigation, we have two types we work with. We can work with a broadcast
00:15:23sowing system for the entire plot.
00:15:25And we spread the drip irrigation hoses generally. This is one system. The other
00:15:29system is the
00:15:32in now uses this system, the furrow drip irrigation system.
00:15:35Yes. And the distances are, of course,
00:15:39between the pits, the pitting process is 20 cm
00:15:43on both sides of the hose. Of course, in the field now,
00:15:50to the right and to the left. If you notice, between one pit
00:15:53and another, it's about 20 cm. Yes, in each pit,
00:15:57we plant three to five seeds. The branching,
00:16:00you see now, is strong, God willing. This branching is to the right
00:16:04and to the left, at the same distances.
00:16:07You lower it a bit. This goes here. Fertilizers are applied here, and of course,
00:16:11in the fertilization process,
00:16:14there are fertilizers applied before planting.
00:16:17organic fertilizers, whether poultry fertilizers
00:16:21or cow or sheep fertilizers, or a mix of all these fertilizers, and this
00:16:25is better. And it is done with
00:16:28plowing the land. And I also use a variety of mineral fertilizers. These
00:16:32are the mineral fertilizers that are applied before planting: super
00:16:35phosphate, you preferred monocalcium phosphate, and humic acid.
00:16:39In small quantities, they are small quantities in a limited area in the
00:16:45row and this row, I see that there is a large distance. Yes, I'll
00:16:48tell you why. We don't need this distance, but
00:16:52I am applying crop
00:16:56area was planted with sweet corn.
00:16:59So I didn't want to bother myself with extra hoses
00:17:04the sweet corn,
00:17:08with wheat directly in the same place without
00:17:11plowing
00:17:15weeds and leftover materials from the previous crop,
00:17:19the corn. So that means you
00:17:21profits by reducing costs. Exactly.
00:17:25Accumulated costs were reduced. Exactly, exactly. Exactly. Now, this is the second crop
00:17:28we are working on in the same land with the same
00:17:31existing tools, the hoses and the initial fertilizer before
00:17:35planting during the corn planting
00:17:39season. We worked on it for two seasons.
00:17:51I planted here and I planted, meaning 20 cm as I mentioned, and the distance
00:17:54is yes. Now, I did this irrigation after I planted.
00:17:58I put three to five seeds in each hole. Do I irrigate
00:18:01immediately? Yes, you run it
00:18:05immediately. The first run needs heavy irrigation. Okay,
00:18:08because the land will be taking water for the first time in this new crop.
00:18:12So it needs heavy irrigation. After that, after that,
00:18:16it might need watering every seven to eight
00:18:19days. The seedlings will die. No, no, they won't die.
00:18:22On the contrary, the seeds need less water after
00:18:26germination
00:18:29the soil to search for water and nutrients.
00:18:33Contrary to popular belief, excessive irrigation
00:18:36germination, weakness.
00:18:40Rot, and other fungal diseases, and it even attracts insects.
00:18:43The concrete ground with water is infested, creating an environment
00:18:47for insects. Humidity will be high here in your crops,
00:18:51attracting insects and agricultural pests, and also
00:18:55fungi and these things. So the idea
00:18:58that I must saturate it is wrong. No, the land needs a balance,
00:19:01and your eyes are your first guide. Yes, and also the type of soil
00:19:05you are working on, and also the crop
00:19:07you are working on. Some crops need more irrigation, and some
00:19:11crops need less water, and so on.
00:19:14You, I think that in wheat cultivation,
00:19:17there are names for irrigations. Yes,
00:19:20there are many names at specific times. Yes.
00:19:23Our elders, may God have mercy on them, used to do this. I can follow that
00:19:27if it's the Aflaj system. Yes, drip irrigation, it's difficult for me
00:19:30to follow the irrigation times. And if it's sprinklers, sprinklers also, I find it
00:19:34difficult. The evaluation you are talking about, which is flood
00:19:37irrigation, this is my personal opinion.
00:19:40I'm talking because I worked on sprinkler system and I worked on
00:19:44drip system. Which one did you find better? Drip irrigation.
00:19:48I am currently
00:19:51what is available to me, which is based on
00:19:55the previous sweet corn crop's setup. I'm working on
00:19:5825 rows. As long as I worked on drip irrigation rows,
00:20:02I'm afraid they might tear if I use machinery
00:20:05to start harvesting. Yes, here
00:20:07harvesting is manual.
00:20:11First of all, mechanical harvesting also succeeds
00:20:15because mechanical harvesting is known to be not at
00:20:18ground level, but elevated. If you noticed, we planted in a trench,
00:20:22yes, meaning the water pipes are below
00:20:26ground level, if you noticed.
00:20:29They are low, thus giving you the opportunity to use machines in the harvesting
00:20:33process.
00:20:38Wheat is one of the annual plants sensitive to water
00:20:41deficits, especially during the first three periods
00:20:44of the germination stage, and the second during the tillering
00:20:47stage,
00:20:50and during the flowering stage. We must always pay attention to
00:20:54the amount of water during those three periods. The Encyclopedia
00:20:57of Omani Fruit Trees indicated that the water
00:21:01requirement for one feddan of wheat planted on sandy soil reaches
00:21:05approximately 2150
00:21:07cubic meters of water throughout the planting
00:21:10period.
00:21:31But you know, in this place, water is scarce, yet you plant wheat and struggle
00:21:34to plant wheat. So what is the secret? Why? Well, brother,
00:21:38this is the crop of our ancestors and fathers, first
00:21:41of all. And, in truth, we always
00:21:45wish to eat what our hands have sown,
00:21:49especially wheat, because it is the main dish in every home, bread.
00:21:52So we try to make it from our own produce and our own
00:21:56cultivation, especially. As you know, we, as Omanis,
00:21:59always when a farm belongs to an Omani,
00:22:03he always tries to produce an agricultural product
00:22:06that meets as many healthy specifications as possible.
00:22:09Can we say that this project we are
00:22:13in now is a rewarding project? I mean, you are planting
00:22:16this area, which is almost a feddan, no. And you planted
00:22:23What is the secret of this struggle? The secret of this struggle is, first
00:22:26of all,
00:22:29that we are inherently passionate about
00:22:32agriculture, that's number one. Personally,
00:22:35I am successful in agriculture and benefiting.
00:22:38People may struggle with many problems, scarcity of water
00:22:41and such things, but they continue to farm due to their love for agriculture
00:22:45and their desire to farm, and they love
00:22:48the green and beautiful nature. We are also
00:22:54sweet corn, we had a distinguished season, and it didn't come from nothing.
00:22:57It surely came from effort and hard work, and a desire and passion for agriculture.
00:23:00If these elements are not present, you cannot continue. When you talk
00:23:04to me about this crop now, the wheat at the
00:23:07end of the crop, when I harvest it, I harvest it with great joy, very
00:23:10strong. Therefore, I want to offer something clean, first of all,
00:23:14for whom? For your family, for my family,
00:23:16and for my community. So this is what motivates people.
00:23:20Good exists. Yes, and benefit
00:23:23exists with perseverance and effort.
00:23:50Uncle Salman, you are, mashallah, one of the veteran wheat farmers.
00:23:54It would be good for you to share your experience, which spans
00:23:57decades. Well, I've been planting wheat since I was a child,
00:24:01since I was about 10 years old. We prepare the land with a hoe
00:24:05three months or two months before, and a month before planting.
00:24:08And we irrigate with the traditional
00:24:12in the past, and now we use
00:24:16recent years, the situation has reached the local level.
00:24:20Land preparation: we prepare it two months before. We turn
00:24:24the land so that it can decompose. A month
00:24:28before planting, we irrigate
00:24:30it, we "deceive" it so that
00:24:33harmful weeds sprout. After about
00:24:3620 days, we hoe the land and dry it for about 10
00:24:40days, and then we plant the seeds from the beginning
00:24:42of November until December 15th.
00:24:46And what about the varieties?
00:24:50previously brought new
00:24:53agricultural research. They brought varieties
00:24:57308 and 110
00:25:00and Wadiat, and there is variety 226
00:25:03and 227. We chose varieties
00:25:06227,
00:25:09and 110, despite being imported.
00:25:12And with research experiments and so on, but we didn't give up
00:25:16on the Omani varieties. The Omani
00:25:20varieties have great quality
00:25:24and in the Maysan and in other
00:25:27varieties available in the Sultanate. We do not give them up. So,
00:25:31uncle, we need clarification regarding
00:25:35processing industries such as bread and so on. According to
00:25:38the varieties, I believe that not every variety is suitable for a specific
00:25:41dish. The varieties we have
00:25:45imported are
00:25:48227
00:25:52imported varieties are suitable for bread
00:25:55and are suitable for other pastries.
00:25:58And if you asked about the Omani varieties, all varieties are suitable.
00:26:02The new Motchouf variety is variety
00:26:06171 from Arab Egypt, and it gave
00:26:10good results. This year we took seeds from it and tested
00:26:13it, even though it was 40 kg for
00:26:17almost a quarter of a feddan or
00:26:19more.
00:26:26Okay, Uncle Salman, now that you have planted this land, may God bless you,
00:26:30and you have seen your experiences
00:26:33over the years in wheat cultivation, do you find that
00:26:38the Sultanate is worthwhile?
00:26:42No, we lived on it. We never imported wheat,
00:26:45and our families never knew about importing at all.
00:26:49wheat,
00:26:52and our children will live on wheat. But uncle, I import it,
00:26:57producing countries. So, if you compared
00:27:00the imported one... If you ate
00:27:03a bowl of this, of the Omani one, and you ate a bowl of
00:27:06that one, you would find this one different, and that one different. Even you yourself
00:27:10will appreciate its value, without
00:27:14analysis.
00:27:19In conclusion, wheat is a fundamental pillar in our daily
00:27:23lives, as it represents a source of food and also
00:27:26a driver of economy and trade. And here, I commend
00:27:30those Omani villages that have consistently cultivated wheat since ancient times
00:27:33until today, despite its availability in the markets,
00:27:37in order to preserve its varieties and on
00:27:40the principle of eating what we grow.
00:27:42May God grant you success.