Council announced saffron
Saffron production loss / increase of one million dollars
Secretary of the National Council of the saffron crocus cut about 30 percent of this year and said the price increase of a million dollars to a pound of saffron with around five million and 500 thousand dollars, and the dealers in these circumstances that the authorities plan to regulate the production and export market not saffron, for it determines the rate.
Farshid Manouchehri in an interview with ISNA, said this year due to a reduction in flowering crocus due to weather conditions will produce about 30 percent, so that approximately 250 tons of saffron are produced in the country, it seems that the year about 180 reduced.
Saffron export market and not, for it determines the rate of product purchased from farmers in the hope that they can keep about a million dollars more expensive to sell in their stores.
Saffron National Council Secretary said the Ministry of Agriculture this year with law enforcement focus on tasks other commercial agricultural sector is only in charge of production, have to saffron as a national product and have the strategic program. As the name of the producer of saffron with more than 95 percent in the world, so the Ministry of Agriculture should be incorporated into this product and its producer support is more serious and more sensitive.
Suggest launched Saffron Development Fund to the Ministry of Agriculture
Manouchehri said the Ministry of Agriculture should support organizations and private sector unions. In the National Assembly, the Ministry of Agriculture suggested that Saffron Saffron Export Development Fund with 150 billion dollars a year to provide credit facilities to be set up.
Secretary of the National Council of Saffron said: According to the proposal, which could be for exporters with saffron exports 50 percent last year from a facility without the use of the fund. Provided that the purchase saffron farmers who participate in schemes to improve the quality saffron.
Swing one million and 600 thousand dollars in a month saffron rate
foreign and stabilize.
He noted that America’s major agricultural productions and pomegranate for export subsidies to its exporters have to find a position that Iran’s exports of its own., But Iran, which produces more than 95 percent of saffron, no plans to export the product and supporting farmers.
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