Prediction of harvesting 70 kg of saffron from farms in West Azerbaijan
The head of the Agricultural Jihad Organization of West Azerbaijan announced the forecast of harvesting 70 kg of saffron from the farms under cultivation of this crop in the province.
Rasoul Jalili added: During the last few years, the area under cultivation of this crop in the province has increased to about 45 hectares and its yield has increased to about 5 kg per hectare.
He continued: Last year, about 42 kg of saffron was harvested from the fields under cultivation of this product, and the cities of Urmia, Miandoab, Shut, Piranshahr and Salmas have the highest area under cultivation of this product in the province.
According to the Jihad-e-Keshavarzi information base of the province, he said that saffron is one of the most important export products of Iran, with the production and export of which a significant amount of currency enters the country every year, he said: It has a lot to the climate of South Khorasan (Birjand and Qaen) and on the other hand, due to the low need of this plant for water and irrigation during the summer, the development of cultivation of this crop in the province has begun and is increasing.
The head of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of the province added: Saffron is one of the medicinal plants and the development of cultivation of water-deficient medicinal plants is also one of the priorities of the Jihad Agricultural Organization. Has not been banned.
He added: Saffron onion at the time of slaughter is offered every year by private companies that work in this field, and applicants who cultivate saffron on a large scale, are introduced to South Khorasan province to buy and transport onions legally. be.
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