15% of Iranian saffron crop is turned into waste
A member of the National Saffron Council said:
About 15% of the saffron crop is turned into waste,
which is due to the large number of flowers at harvest time and the frequent movement
of saffron flowers for processing.
Ali Hosseini stated:
while the harvest of five kg per hectare is desirable and achievable.
He said that the decrease in saffron harvest per unit area was due to the development of farms in this crop and the lack of manpower
to collect flowers, as well as the relocation of saffron flowers several times and non-technical processing on the outskirts of cities.
Vice President of the Association of Saffron Producers and Exporters of South Khorasan,
pointing out that the area under saffron cultivation was 74,000 hectares last year, said:
Following the development of saffron farms, the area under this crop has increased to 80,000 hectares this year.
A member of the National Saffron Council stated: In the last decade,
most saffron fields have been integrated cultivation and their area has increased to five to 100 hectares,
which has increased waste during the harvest due to lack of energy in a certain period of time. Is.
Hosseini added:
Traditional saffron lands that are more than a thousand years old are small and less than three hectares,
while now the majority of saffron farms have increased to more than three hectares of saffron.
He stated:
in order to reduce the harvest waste and increase the yield of saffron per unit area,
the saffron quality improvement plan was implemented experimentally last year,
which has reached zero with the implementation of this plan and observing the principles in waste harvesting and processing.
A member of the National Saffron Council added:
Under normal circumstances, 9 to 13 kg of saffron are harvested from one kgof saffron flowers.
With the implementation of this plan, the net harvest from each kg of flowers has reached 15 to 17 grams.
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