Harvesting 319 kg of saffron in Lorestan
The head of the Lorestan Agricultural Jihad Organization announced the harvest of 319 kg of saffron in the Lorestan province. Engineer Mehrdad Ghazanfari Amrayi stated: About 96.8 hectares of agricultural farms in the province have been allocated for saffron cultivation.
He stated that the average harvest of saffron in the province is between 3 to 5 kg per hectare, adding: 319 kg of saffron has been harvested from this amount of land.
Ghazanfari Amrayi stated: The highest area of cultivation of this product is related to Khorramabad, Kuhdasht and Aligudarz counties.
The head of Lorestan Agricultural Jihad Organization added: in order to support saffron farmers, this year, 150 people have been introduced to the Agricultural Bank to receive working capital facilities of 125 million Rials per hectare.
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