Red Gold is not a luxury

Chairman of the National Council of saffron in an interview with ISNA:
Red Gold is not a luxury

Compared with other countries is much lower that the Ministry of Agriculture has taken steps in this regard.

He said the solution to the problem of saffron implementation of the “saffron master plan” that was approved years ago but was not mandatory and it seems that the main problem in the way the project budget which is gripped by the authorities.

Shafei said the master plan saffron can increase productivity and performance in the country as soon as possible and to help produce the quality and quantity of this strategic product.

drought and low rainfall areas should be developed.

Shafei also said about the problems saffron exports in the world market, new competitors are faced with the more doctrinaire and scientific saffron from Iran, but Iranian saffron should be able to maintain the market in the international environment, the branding of saffron which has been unpopular than ever look.

The head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce said that in recent years there has not been an attempt to stabilize the Persian saffron in global markets, said another problem is that the saffron export their product directly to the consumer can get and in this way the maximum export of Iranian saffron to intermediaries for which it is exporting to other countries and end-users.
Saffron is.

Shafei said: One of the problems in the processing industry is ignoring saffron market. While international departments to witness the unveiling of the achievements and products of two major product Iranian (saffron and pomegranates) are.

He said the solution to the problem of saffron implementation of the “saffron master plan” that was approved years ago but was not mandatory and it seems that the main problem in the way the project budget which is gripped by the authorities.