IRNA KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s research and the industry to cultivate saffron the most expensive spice in the world began to be able to take the first saffron.
According to IRNA, the study by the University ‘my yo’ saffron Malaysia and Malaysia is trying to enter the market, the products with the arrival of the Persians and Arabs in this country used to have risen sharply.
Web site of the newspaper ‘Borneo Post’ on Saturday pointed to research from the University ‘Yo, I’ Malaysia on this product, wrote: saffron as a spice in food for thousands of years the people of West Asia, the product is the price of gold.
The price per kilogram of saffron in Iran and now about 60 to 65 million rials, but The saffron issued by Foreign and European packaging more than double the price it will be released in Iran.
‘Borneo Post’ price per kilogram of saffron 25 thousand to 32 thousand ringgit in Malaysia (seven thousand to eight thousand dollars) announced.
A team of researchers from University of Malaya (Um Yu) led by Professor ‘Rosenau Mat Taha’ recently in a preliminary experiment to achieve growth and saffron production in Malaysia.
This saffron in the warm tropical waters of Malaysia which has been conducted in a room. Activities for this work was started for the first time in November last year and January this year came to fruition.
This is the first time that the saffron in a tropical climate comes into action and Malaysia hopes to produce this product.
The lead author of saffron production in Malaysia, said that more research is needed before large-scale production of saffron.
The team of the ‘light like Diane Anu’, ‘Nour Eini Mohammad’, ‘Asif Khan’, ‘honest immigrants’ and Nur Amirah Mohamed Nour ‘plan planting and production of saffron in Malaysia since 2014 with the help of’ my yo ‘began.
The lead author of saffron production in Malaysia, said the product can only Four Seasons and Mediterranean countries such as Iran, the world’s largest producer of saffron, Turkey, Kashmir (India) and European countries such as Spain and France production, although production the European countries are at very low concentrations.
He pointed to the financial ability of the laboratory for the production of saffron, the ability to commercialize it in the future and said:Initial investigation showed the plant was successful and grew well in the black soil and its flowering began in temperature between 15 to 20 degrees Celsius.
He said when the saffron was used at a temperature between 21 and 28 degrees Celsius, only half of these flowers grow, and at a temperature of over 30 degrees Celsius, the goal did not stand any of them.
‘Rosenau Mat Taha’ referring to the use of biotechnology to increase large-scale plant, said the huge potential for Malaysian economy.
The most important uses of saffron in the field of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics is increasing in the world today, while Iran has been minimal research and investment in this area.
‘Gholam Reza Miri’ vice-president of the National Council recently said that for many years onions, saffron red gold are smuggled to China and Afghanistan, said that if this situation continues, production and our exports will be difficult.
Iran produces 92 percent red gold, is the world’s first and largest producer of saffron and This year’s production is predicted to be about 350 tons more than consumption.
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