97 – million – dollar exports proceeds with saffron

Sayed Mohammad kiyaee said last year from 94 thousand hectares sown about 351 tonnes of saffron production .

He saffron, the country’s average performance in nearly three years 1394 kg and 800 g per hectare , stated : a working prototype saffron last year 34 kilograms per hectare .

kiyaee pointing out that the two Khorasan province Rizvi and South 95 percent of the level of saffron cultivation and production in the country last year , were confirmed, in the year 1394 Khorasan Rizvi 75 thousand hectares of the level of 280 tons of South and Khorasan 15 thousand hectares of 94 tons of saffron harvest . 14 percent of the total production saffron country North Khorasan province , Yazd Isfahan and Kerman .

Director – General ‘s Office of greenhouses , medicinal herbs and mushroom affairs undersecretary gardening said saffron harvest this year in the cold, half of affection , warm continues until mid – November .
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* * * * 15 percent growth in exports during the first seven months of this year, the weight of saffron

kiyaee , the increase of exports during the first seven months of this year, saffron, and said : ” At this time of saffron 66.1 tons at a value of $ 96.7 million exported exports 57.4 tons during the same period last year to its weight 15 percent and 14 percent increase value .

He noted : in last year’s total 114 tonnes of saffron worth 165 million dollars .

Director – General ‘s Office of greenhouses and medicinal herbs continued with the quality of the product exports to countries such as China, Iranian , Australia , Spain , Japan, the United States and South Africa .
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* * * * set up production units bulbs

kiyaee by saying that the standard of producing saffron bulbs Research Institute in cooperation with the registration certificate and seeds and seedlings  Ministry at present , announced : Onion standard with the aim of farmers ‘ access to proper onions , large and high – quality and performance in order to increase .

He added: ” with the formulation of the standard and bulbs , production units in areas prone to launch the need to supply the provinces .

Director General of the greenhouses affairs office , medicinal herbs and onions, mushrooms affairs undersecretary gardening planting top eight weight for performance – enhancing economic and technical production and stated : per hectare lands to an average of five tonnes of saffron bulbs .

kiyaee contributed to the national plan ” to improve production, processing, distribution and exports of saffron ” in the year 1391 pointed out and went on to say that the project due to lack of funding implemented, and we hope this year , and with the approval of the plan to provide credit in the next year .
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* * * * the formation of the chain of saffron

He said that for the development of production and exports, working group in the chain of saffron Chamber of Commerce Ministry of Agricultural Jahad , confirmed, the working group of the producers, exporters and coalitions, public sector and the working group on the issue of supply chain from the beginning to the end of the distribution and exports and observing the product is planning .

kiyaee also on development in the field of mechanization and the poppy crop emphasized and stated : Currently most saffron harvest is done manually in the country , and we ‘re going with the entry of new machinery ,  clippings and surat saffron bulbs , mechanization in this sector .
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* * * * 250 billion riyals credit required for the formation of a special fund saffron

He discussed the National Fund saffron specialized in the past year , ” said and approved by paying 49 percent share of the government, the fund will start working .

kiyaee provide at least 250 billion riyals ($ 25 billion ) from the government , Tuman, a good figure for them to start their work, the National Fund as specialized saffron .

He added that the IMF capital as capital and lending interest in about  members will be in when needs money, forced to sell saffron , thus eliminating middlemen , in addition to the value and cost of this will be the product .