94% of world production of saffron in Iran
The Afkarkhbr, Mitra Majdzadeh Deputy flowers and ornamental plants and medicinal Ministry of Agriculture, referring to the beginning of the saffron harvest in some provinces manufacturer of the product, said last year about 280 tons of saffron was produced in the country, but since the saffron harvest in some provinces continues, still had no accurate estimate of the amount of its production this year.
He added that 93 years, 88 thousand hectares of area was allocated saffron country gardens that about 78% of this figure related to Khorasan, South Khorasan 17 percent and the rest of Kerman, the Fars and Yazd.
Majdzadeh said that Khorasan Razavi has about 130 thousands of saffron farmers, said harvest has been completed in some provinces, but due to weather conditions continue to harvest in some provinces by early December.
Deputy flowers and ornamental plants and greenhouse products, noting that 94 percent of the world’s saffron is produced in our country, said approximately 60 percent of our production is exported saffron.
He criticized the Iranian saffron is exported in bulk, he said, so the product is packaged saffron production in Iran in other countries.
He emphasized that the output and export of saffron bulbs are forbidden, said in this context necessary coordination with the Ministry of Commerce, Customs and police carried out since the country’s saffron onion germplasm, the export ban imposed on it.
Majdzadeh said: saffron bulbs for the health and even to move within the country and from one province to another protocol.
Deputy flowers and ornamental plants and medicinal plants said Agricultural Bank and UNIDO in collaboration with the gardens on increasing the productivity of soil and water, using a standard bulb bold and balanced nutrition, using modern irrigation methods and principles of planting and harvest is working to increase production per unit area and even positive results have been achieved.
Majdzadeh said the average yield per hectare is 3.2 kg saffron fields, but in some farms that farm operations are conducted in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Mechanization have used modern methods, yield per hectare was much higher.
He saffron farmers in the country’s total number of 186 thousand people and added: Among the beneficiaries were those who won the 40 kg per hectare garden saffron.
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