Allocating 380 hectares of Lorestan farms to saffron cultivation
Horticulture director of Lorestan Jihad Agricultural Organization said:
in the current crop year, 380 hectares of agricultural lands in
Lorestan have been allocated for saffron cultivation.
Alireza Ahmadvand stated:
More than 380 hectares of Lorestan farms have been dedicated to saffron cultivation this year.
He said that saffron seeds produce for seven years, adding:
In the first two years, the yield was low, but from the third year it reaches its peak. In some parts of Lorestan,
The horticulture director of Lorestan Jihad Agricultural Organization stated:
which is unique in terms of the quality of this product in the country.
Ahmadvand pointed out that the income from saffron is more than 10 times that of dryland wheat, and specified:
in the province and for the first time onions of this product will be provided to farmers for free.
Lorestan province is located in the west of Iran between 46 degrees and 51 minutes to 50 degrees and 3 minutes east longitude of the Greenwich meridian and 32 degrees and 37 minutes to 34 degrees and 22 minutes north latitude of the equator and has an area of 28,294 Kilometers.
Isfahan province from the east, Khuzestan province from the south and Kermanshah and Ilam provinces from the west.
It also has a very small border with Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province through a strip in the southeast.
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