17 hectares of agricultural land in Damghan are under saffron cultivation
Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabayan, while stating that 17 hectares of agricultural land in Damghan are under saffron cultivation, said:
14 hectares of this amount is fertile.
He said that last year the amount of saffron harvest from the fields under cultivation of this crop was three kg per hectare, adding:
this year it is predicted that the harvest of saffron in Damghan will reach four to five kg per hectare.
The director of Damghan Agricultural Jihad, while stating that the percentage of frost on saffron crop in the current crop year was zero, said:
Saffron cultivation has been common in Semnan province for several years and Damghan also has quite favorable weather conditions in this regard.
Tabatabayan, while stating that the comparative advantage of saffron in terms of water consumption and annual income has caused the attention
of farmers to cultivate this crop in the fields, clarified:
the weather conditions during the last two years were quite favorable for saffron growth in Damghan and this has benefited farmers.
This has done more.
He added:
Considering that farmers can allocate a small area for saffron cultivation next to their gardens and fields,
which due to the economics of this product, made Damghanis more successful in cultivating saffron.
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