Saffron harvest costs

Deputy improve plant production Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization said 75 percent of the price of saffron harvest costs related to this product.

Njfqly Salehi in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region, pointing to the need for mechanization of harvesting saffron, as he finished with automating the process of saffron harvest also reduced costs and ultimately it would benefit manufacturers and, ultimately, will be the consumer.

Stating that have devices for filling and drying of saffron in a pilot made, Said these devices now have objections to be resolved and still not mass production.

Deputy Agricultural Jihad Organization of the province to improve production plant said devices for mechanized harvesting saffron is possible but costly and currently there are problems in making them.

Salehi also on the import of machinery for the harvest of Saffron, said: meetings with France and Germany, to work on this issue have been held, but no final agreement has been made.

He added that if the other party agrees to be announced, the facility to buy these devices, there is no problem.

Deputy improve plant production Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization said that currently the country’s saffron packaging machines As he followed so as to reduce the price of finished pre-harvest saffron and retain more health and support farmers to be mechanized.