Training farmers to increase the quality and quantity of saffron

Secretary of the National Council of saffron called:
Training farmers to increase the quality and quantity of saffron

Secretary of the National Council of Education saffron farmers to increase the quality and quantity of production value from the Ministry of Agriculture calls.

Farshid Manouchehri agriculture in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) said that the Ministry of Agriculture is the most important expectation is that services continue to be agriculture and training farmers to increase production efficiency per unit area.

He picked the three up to 3.2 kg per hectare saffron and said sample farmers in the country that can average 15 to 35 kilograms per hectare saffron harvest.

Secretary of the National Council of Saffron said, according to the Ministry of Agriculture with the implementation of the “ideal” harvest per unit area can be increased to eight kilograms of saffron in the event of the implementation of the cost reduction and the increased profitability of farmers, the possibility of competition International competitors are taken.

Manouchehri Ministry of Agriculture stressed more attention to design and improve the quality of saffron Identify the ideal plan said currently considering approval of agricultural abstraction business tasks Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture should be based on qualitative and quantitative production of saffron because the focus is not only to produce enough quality to turn out is very important.

He added that last year the average per kilogram of saffron were produced in a quality improvement plan by the exporters was purchased 300 thousand dollars more expensive but this year farmers produced within the framework of this project, more than 300 thousand dollars more than the conventional Saffron sold in the market because in this project using the scientific method and the least cost, stigma, isolation and drying was done under hygienic conditions.

Secretary of the National Council of saffron said if the Ministry of Agriculture plans to launch this product in the world to improve the quality saffron and producers Identify all it can to guarantee quality.

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