Afghan saffron from Iran a chance

Secretary of the National Council of saffron:
Afghan saffron from Iran a chance

Secretary of the National Council Dill said can certainly say that for at least the next 10 years does not threat the Iranian saffron market.

According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) region of Khorasan, Farshid Manouchehri said when world markets were Saffron’s rival Spain got but they instead look to us as their rivals as they look at the competitive advantage of our saffron Cheap bought at a higher price in the world market with quality packaging, and today the saffron to meet their requirements, are dependent on us.

Stating that Afghanistan has never been a minor threat to Iran’s saffron and only to use it as an opportunity for growth and improvement of current performance in this area in order to stabilize the global markets, we said we should do this against Afghanistan and the recognition of their valuable position, the Afghan saffron production use as an advantage.

Manouchehri also said that the country is not a threat to the saffron Iran, said at the same time to reduce costs, market development and improve production methods and to the right trying to saffron Afghanistan through Iran to sell to us will be considered as advantage.

Secretary of the National Council continued saffron farms because they are still young country in 2011, acreage of 650 hectares, and in this area have been able to harvest 10 kilograms per hectare, but if thousands of hectares have also picked up with the saffron produced in the country We do not and can not be compared with three percent of the country’s rival Iranian saffron.

Manouchehri said that if in the long run to stay still and here we are faced with danger, said countries such as Greece and Morocco have already turned to large plantations of saffron and we lower prices and higher production, we can market expand.