Cultivation of saffron in 370 hectares of fields in Farooj city
Horticulture expert of Agricultural Jihad Management of Farooj city, stating that Farooj city is the first in the province in terms of area under cultivation and saffron production, added:
370 hectares of fields in this city are dedicated to saffron cultivation,
of which 280 hectares have been fertile. .
Seyed Mostafa Hosseini stated:
The average yield of saffron in this region is 450 kg more flowers per hectare and 6.5 kg more flowers.
He pointed out: 126 tons of flowers and 1,568 kilograms of saffron flowers
Hosseini, referring to the holding of seven classes and workshops in the field of planting,
holding and harvesting saffron in the city, added:
The main problems of farmers in this area are the lack of price stability and rainfall at harvest time.
He stated:
Last year, 300 hectares of fields in Farooj city were under saffron cultivation, of which 225 hectares were fertile.
Farooj is one of the cities of North Khorasan province.
The population of city in 2016 was 60346 people.
Iranian saffron, saffron harvest, saffron cultivation, economic prosperity in saffron, medicinal plants, Saffron harvest, saffron export, Iranian saffron export
Get Social