We have no leverage to prevent the cultivation of saffron
Mohammad Ali Farahmand Rad, deputy director and director of Jihad Agriculture in Neyshabur, said: Saffron is one of the products with lower consumption and higher added value than other autumn products. It is recommended by experts that it is cultivated in low water areas and arid areas, which is susceptible to some areas in Neyshabur, but because we do not have the levers to stop it, its level is increasing throughout the country and certainly in the future. If we can not provide the ground for further export, its value added per unit area will decrease.
He added that the price fluctuations of saffron is the most important problem faced by farmers, as well as low yield per unit area is another problem. Fortunately, this year, the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture to prevent the fall in saffron prices in Saffron Supermarket Market by Cooperative Organization Rural cooperatives have been prepared to buy saffron from farmers at a reasonable price in Torbat Jam and Mashhad.
Farahmand Rad said saffron prices depend on supply and demand and, most importantly, on the export of it, as far as exports of saffron are used in packaging or branded products, surely the price does not drop significantly and the total price Saffron is quantitatively determined in the country according to market output.
“The export of saffron in the first four months of this year, although increasing by about 25% compared to last year, shows that this product has been falling since last year, and its trade has been driven by the lowest price,” he said. It seems that the golden cycle of planning to the supply of the beautiful flower market of Zarpran did not pay much attention to its brand and attention to the packaging and how to export saffron, on the other hand, neglecting the manner of cultivation and the lack of a centralized management for it has caused this There is concern that hands that are expected to harvest gold from saffron plant do not harvest copper.
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