Be careful to store genetic saffron!
Unit Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron said saffron bulbs out of the province and the country is a serious threat to the saffron market.
Ramin name in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region, said: saffron bulbs as a genetic reserve should be removed from the province and the country, its genetic recorded during the last 2 years at follow-up in order to prevent possible abuses .
He pointed to the need to allow for movement of saffron bulbs in the province, he said, to send onions to other provinces with the police, the provincial Department of Transportation and coordinated.
Responsible Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron said: Unfortunately other provinces, such as Khorasan saffron bulbs to exit the country, and this is not sensitive to onions, saffron from Iran.
He saffron production in Khorasan province to 300, adding 200 to 250 tons of saffron production in the province is exported to the increase in demand, the provinces of Khorasan have the capacity to produce 500 tons of saffron .
Nominal said Khorasan Razavi Saffron comparative advantage and other provinces like Kermanshah and Azerbaijan should pay attention to their comparative advantage to plant their crop.
He stressed the need to export saffron health and said that European markets certain standards for the health and saffron and it is free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers and Iran to maintain this market must ensure the health of your saffron.
Unit Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Saffron is one of the risks of its market share in target countries, adding that Iran is the world’s largest producer of saffron, but countries such as Spain and the UAE are major competitors of the target markets.
He pointed to progress saffron produced in the last 5 years, said that in 74 units with a capacity of 350 tons of saffron processing and packaging. This packaging is done according to the tastes of the target country.
Nominal said that price stability is one of the saffron market problems, he said: first the low prices and the end of the season the price increases, so to prevent this from happening should a bank be established to middlemen saffron crocus be removed from the market.
Unit Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron said: Unfortunately, the unhealthy competition are businessmen and are trying to ruin the market and in this context the Union and the National Council of saffron able to coordinate between the businessmen to create.
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