85% of the world's saffron is produced in Iran , Iranian saffron, saffron harvest, saffron cultivation, economic prosperity in saffron, medicinal plants, Saffron harvest, saffron export, Iranian saffron export

85% of the world’s saffron is produced in Iran

Seyyed Jamal Sajjadipour said: At present, with 105,000 hectares of saffron cultivation, 85% of the world’s saffron is produced in Iran.

According to the Agricultural Jihad of Yazd Province, the head of the Agricultural Jihad of the province in the third Red Gold Saffron Festival, which was held in Nabiz village of Bahabad city, said: Due to special climatic conditions and lack of water resources in our province, We do not have aquaculture like saffron instead of high-demand and low-yield products.

He added: The policy of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture is to support the cultivation of crops such as saffron, which also seeks good profitability for farmers in smallholder lands.

Sajjadipour, pointing out that currently with 105,000 hectares of cultivated area, 85% of the world’s saffron production is done in our country, mentioned the lack of processing industries and processing of this product as a major problem and called for investors and the private sector to pay attention to This industry became due to its high currency.

The head of the province’s agricultural jihad stated: Bahabad city, with 350 hectares of saffron cultivation area, has allocated 50% of the production of this product in Yazd province.