Khorasan saffron cultivation increased in other provinces
The head of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Exporters Association said farmers tend to plant saffron other provinces is worrying for the future of this product.
GH die in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Khorasan region, said: Unfortunately today we see that in the provinces where there is enough water for agriculture farmers due to good earnings in the cultivation of saffron, and it for the future of this product in terms of price and market concern.
He pointed out that saffron cultivation requires a lot of water is not a product that is associated with high employment, is currently 120 thousand households in Khorasan, South Khorasan working on this product, their livelihood and their income from this The supply. In the meantime, if market-well-done, easily and employment status of being the world’s first producer of saffron will lose.
Miri emphasized the need to determine the regional pattern of saffron in Iran, said: If saffron is cultivated in all provinces, much of the world market for the product will not be faced with a sharp drop in prices.
The head of Khorasan Saffron Exporters Association noted that where there is potential for other crops should not allow the cultivation of saffron. Iranian saffron in the province as the origin of a hectare of land with little water in them are not and can not be said of other crops, planted saffron, but today we see that in other provinces large areas for cultivation of saffron, is assumed.
The head of Khorasan Saffron Exporters Association annual production of 250 to 300 tons of saffron in Iran and said: Ceiling exports and export capacity to 150 tons of this product.
He pointed out that currently about 25 to 30 percent of saffron production is used for domestic purposes and 70 percent is spent on export and a small suitcase exports.
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