Instead saffron potatoes in spring city
Agriculture director of the city Spring said, according to the water crisis in the following years farmers less water to grow crops such as saffron spring city were escorting.
“Houshang worm” in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Hamedan, said that according to government policies on the development of crops with low water, the city has been focusing on the cultivation of saffron and herbs.
He pointed out that this year’s potato crop as water production by 10 to 15 percent, said the source and origin of saffron in the province argued that if the quality of the saffron crocus cultivated in this province Khorasan more not less But it’s not because the operation is done manually cultivated by farmers is not very welcoming.
Cream of the crop in the city and 72 thousand hectares added: wheat, barley, potatoes, herbs, corn and forage crops such as watermelon and grapes, walnuts and plums Bukhara including horticultural crops cultivated in this city can be outlined.
He pointed to the development of pressurized irrigation systems in the city and said the city’s total irrigated agricultural land is 26 hectares of which 17 hectares have irrigation capability to project 16 thousand hectares now pressurized irrigation system equipped grants as well as the development of irrigation per hectare five to six million USD.
Karami seven percent of the arable land spring city, adding: city spring producing provinces account for 14 percent of all crops cultivated potato that had the most production.
Karami total agricultural production was 6,000 of the city and pointed out that this year a total of more than 1,200 tons of certified seed is distributed among the farmers.
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