110 hectares of lands in Marand under saffron cultivation
The deputy governor and special governor of Marand city announced the beginning of saffron harvest on the first of November in this city.
Taghi Karami added:
The area under saffron cultivation in this city is 110 hectares
He continued:
Considering the flavor of extracted saffron and the appropriate income generation for the cultivation of this crop,
it is expected that the area under cultivation of this crop will increase in the future.
He announced the payment of low-interest facilities for farmers and said:
Regarding government facilities to promote saffron cultivation,
support packages recently provided by the government can solve problems and based on the decisions of the city employment
working group determined by the facilities of the resistance economy.
He said:
Marand city is in a geographical location of water shortage and saffron is one of the products with low water needs, based on this,
planning and orientation is on planting and promoting this product.
Marand city is located exactly 69 km northwest of Tabriz.
to Khoy from the west and to Arasbaran city from the east.
The people of Marand speak mostly Azerbaijani Turkish dialect.
It should be noted that the population of city has made this city the third most populous city in this province,
after Tabriz and Maragheh.
Marand city is approximately 700 km away from Tehran.
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