Mass production is troublesome adrift

Need 300 tons of the world’s saffron

Mass production is troublesome adrift

Saffron National Council said that the world needs to red gold 300 tons, said the first marketing of saffron should be considered for it, otherwise our mass production is difficult.

Ali Hosseini said that the development of the planted area Saffron several years in Kerman, Yazd, Fars, and the willingness of farmers to increase crop is grown, said after the Khorasan Razavi province and southern parts of the area under cultivation at high .

He said the saffron plant that requires very very little water, and said so crop development in parts of the low water occurs easily.

Member of the National Council of saffron said red gold for cultivation in the country must be taken into consideration for its marketing and market makers.

Hosseini said that cultivation should be well planned and carefully, adds, we must focus on the consumer market and exports have, otherwise meaningless cultivation.

He said in the case of our planning mass production of saffron will increase and the price of this product fell sharply causing losses to farmers and they will be disappointed.

Member of the National Council of saffron, red gold acreage in South Khorasan Razavi Khorasan Province and more than 80 thousand hectares as saying: If we get to the actual production and average production per hectare to 5 kg of saffron in the 2 provinces There will be 400 tons.

He said that saffron production is now between 3.5 to 4 kg per hectare, said farmers in the country are 10 or even 40 kg of product per hectare that farmers are of course the data.

The seal Hosseini, need the whole world to saffron announced 300 and said this year is expected to produce about 300 tons of saffron in the country, so for cultivation of red gold in the world will need to use planning and culture, we need to communication with the scientific centers of the world and say them in taking this product to market and develop it.

He added that many producers have produced the world when they do, markets for which it is intended and that the labor market. For example, China to introduce and use their goods on world markets, including in Iran and among the target countries puts them easily.

Hosseini added that while we never did not do this for any of its products and has lived in this area.