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1.2 tons of saffron was produced in Kermanshah province

Horticulture director of Kermanshah Jihad Agricultural Organization said: This year, the province’s saffron production doubled to 1.2 tons.

Reza Zarei, referring to the doubling of saffron production in Kermanshah province compared to last year, said: While it was estimated that saffron production in the province will reach about one ton this year, this amount reached 1.2 tons.

Zarei added: Last year, about 600 kg of saffron was produced from the farms of the province.

Horticulture director of Kermanshah Jihad Agricultural Organization stated that the current area under saffron cultivation in the province is 300 hectares and added: 185 hectares of this amount have been cultivated in previous years and reached the fertile stage, and another 115 hectares have been cultivated this year, which was harvested and produced in the first year. It had little.

According to Zarei, the average yield of saffron in fertile farms is about six kilograms per hectare and in farms that are the first year of cultivation is between 1.5 to two kilograms per hectare.

Zarei, stating that in all cities of Kermanshah province except the two tropical cities of Qasr Shirin and Sarpolzahab, we have saffron cultivation, said: The highest area under saffron cultivation in the province belongs to Kermanshah city.

Referring to the beginning of saffron harvest in the province in December, Zarei said: saffron harvest did not take more than a month.

The official said that it is planned to develop saffron cultivation in the province, adding that another 300 hectares are to be added to saffron cultivation in Kermanshah province next year.

Referring to the adaptation of saffron to the climatic conditions of the province, he said: The history of saffron cultivation in this province dates back to the distant past, while experiments on saffron produced in this province show the high quality of the product, so that in terms of quality. Even better quality Ghaenat saffron has been reported.