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30% reduction in saffron production in Khorasan Razavi

The director of Jihad Keshavarzi Organization said: the severe cold of last month and the lack of rain in the province’s farms, along with the summer heat, has reduced saffron production by 30%.

Mojtaba Mazrouei, on the sidelines of the visit to the agreed purchase of saffron by the Torbat Heydariyeh Rural Cooperative Organization, told reporters: In order to support producers and farmers and also to observe the minimum price of saffron, the Rural Cooperative Organization, according to the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture Has agreed and supported the purchase of saffron.

He specified: so far, 8 shopping centers in the cities of the province are pursuing the agreed purchase of saffron from farmers, and by next week, two shopping centers will be established in the cities of Taybad and Neishabour.

Mazrouei, stating that the agreed purchase of saffron will continue until the end of the harvest process of this product, said: We have focused all our efforts on supporting farmers and keeping the set price, ie between 44 and 55 million Rials.

Without mentioning the amount of the agreed purchase by the shopping centers, he said: We are ready for any amount of purchase and the necessary credit has been provided, so by November 11th, 70% of the purchased average price of the rural cooperative has been paid to the farmer after 48 hours of laboratory analysis.

The director of Jihad Keshavarzi Organization said: the severe cold of last month and the lack of rain in the province’s farms, along with the summer heat, has reduced saffron production by 30%.

He said: Due to the decrease in production in the country and the constant demand in the world markets, the price of saffron is expected to return to the normal price of previous years, and if the profit in this trade is significant, farmers, producers and traders will certainly. They will benefit from it.

Torbat-e-Heydariyeh region includes Torbat-e-Heydariyeh and Zaveh counties with a cultivated area of ??20,000 hectares of saffron and an annual production of 80 tons of dry produce as the center of production of this product in the country and the world.