15% increase in saffron cultivation area in Taybad city
Director of Taybad Agricultural Jihad said: in the current crop year, the area under saffron cultivation in this city has increased by 15% compared to the same period last year.
Mohammad Miri stated: This year, 6850 hectares of potential lands of this city are under saffron cultivation, and it is predicted that more than 25 tons of dry saffron will be harvested.
He stated that each hectare of saffron brings employment to over one hundred people a day, adding: In total, about 700,000 people are employed daily in planting, holding and harvesting saffron in this city.
Miri said: The average yield of dry saffron stigma per hectare in the current crop year is 4.4 kg, which with the measures taken, including regular monitoring of farms by management experts, holding workshops, implementing new irrigation systems, observing the principles of proper nutrition, control During weeds, monitoring the process of transporting onions, observing the principles of agriculture, etc., has increased this product compared to the previous year.
He clarified the support and follow-up of the Khorasan Razavi Jihad Agricultural Organization, the representative of the people of the city in the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Minister of Jihad-e-Agriculture regarding the supportive purchase of saffron: this is to support saffron growers and stabilize the saffron market and prevent brokers, intermediaries and individuals. Profitability will be implemented by the Rural Cooperative Organization in the province from 12 November.
The director of Taybad Jihad-e-Keshavarzi stated: This plan is in the form of four price grades based on the terms and standards of the stock exchange, including ordinary straw 82 million Rials per kilogram, high quality straw 90 million Rials per kilogram, 95 million Rials per kilogram and 105 million Rials per saffron. Rials have been set.
He said: 2 saffron processing and packaging units have been active in the city, and with the follow-ups, three new applicants are also pursuing obtaining the relevant licenses.
Miri added: Also, in the current crop year, more than 250 tons of various nitrogen chemical fertilizers; Subsidized phosphate and potash have been distributed among saffron growers and the recommendation to use organic fertilizers has also been on the agenda.
Due to the contamination of saffron onions in some areas with ticks and bacterial disease Bulkolderia, he added: In this regard, the necessary technical announcements have been issued and the movement of saffron onions in the last crop year has been identified by all experts of this management. Necessary recommendations were given to farmers.
To control the problems related to saffron onion rot in the current crop year, the use of biological compounds such as the beneficial fungi Trichoderma and Mycorrhiza is on the agenda of this management.
Miri pointed out: saffron growers, while observing the recommendations made and paying attention to the announcements issued by the city care network, refrain from using chemical pesticides on farms and only by observing agricultural principles such as refraining from over-irrigation; Balanced consumption of fertilizers; Foliar spraying after harvest; Observe the appropriate depth and density of cultivation and use healthy onions and increase yield per unit area to produce a healthy product instead of increasing the area under cultivation.
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