40% reduction in saffron harvest in Torbat Heydariyeh
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Torbat-e Heydariyeh city said: Compared to previous years, we have had a 30 to 40 percent reduction in yield in saffron harvest.
Mohammad Reza Abbaspour stated: The area of saffron cultivation in Torbat-e Heydariyeh is 8700 hectares. Also, our average production was between 4 to 4.2 kg of dried saffron in previous years, and now that we are at the end of the saffron harvest season, we have reduced the yield by about 30 to 40% compared to the past.
He continued: The reason for this is that last year in December and February we saw severe cold and in April this year the rainfall decreased sharply.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Torbat-e Heydarieh stated that each hectare of saffron requires an average of 200 to 220 working days for work, and specified: about 30% of these people have come to Torbat-e Heydarieh from neighboring cities to harvest, pick and spread saffron flowers. Most of them were from Torbat-e-Jam, Bakhrez and Qaen.
Abbaspour pointed out that Zaveh city has the largest area of cultivation with 12,000 hectares of saffron arable land, noting that this city has also had more production than other cities. In general, most of the country’s saffron is produced around Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Zaveh, Mahvlat, Rashtkhar and Khaf regions.
He added: But in terms of trade, which is related to buying and selling, all these cities bring their products to Torbat-e Heydarieh. Unfortunately, in terms of purchases, we did not face good prices this year, and traders did not make good purchases.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Torbat-e Heydariyeh city pointed out: for this reason, we started buying saffron by agreement on the first of November. In Torbat-e Heydarieh, we have the Rural Cooperative Center and Zarrin Saffron Company of the East, which are the two directors of the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives of Iran for the agreed purchase of saffron.
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