Added value of Iranian saffron more than wheat
Deputy Planning Governor of Khorasan Razavi, stating that the added value of saffron is more than wheat, said: 96% of the world’s saffron is produced in Iran, of which more than 90% of this production is in the two provinces of Khorasan Razavi and South.
Reza Jamshidi in the election session of the National Saffron Council, which was held on May 10, at the Khorasan-e-Razavi Chamber of Commerce, said: Saffron has a smaller area under cultivation than wheat, which is a strategic crop, but its added value. It is much more than wheat.
Referring to the production of 1.3 kg per hectare and the annual production of 200 tons in the province, he added: With this amount of production, we are the first province producing saffron in the world.
Referring to the problems of the production sector such as traditional cultivation, low productivity per hectare, small area of cultivated land and the problem of crop insurance, the deputy governor said: One of the major weaknesses of the saffron industry is the inadequacy of research findings. Not to use the latest technologies in the world in packaging and the lack of a common national brand.
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