Be careful saffron genetic resources
Head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron said saffron bulbs out of the province and the country is a serious threat to the saffron market.
Ramin name in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency Khorasan region, said saffron bulbs as a genetic reserve of the country should be recorded during the last 2 years are going to have the genetic potential to prevent abuse.
He pointed to the need for licensing of saffron bulbs to move within the province, he said: to send onions to other provinces with the police, the Department of Transportation and the County match.
Head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron said: Unfortunately other provinces, such as Khorasan saffron bulbs to leave the country, and this is not sensitive to onions, saffron from Iran.
He saffron production in Khorasan Razavi and South’s 300 and added 200 to 250 tons of saffron produced in the province is exported to the increase in demand, the South Khorasan Razavi province and have the ability to produce 500 tons of saffron .
Asma said: Saffron advantage of Khorasan Razavi and other provinces like Kermanshah and Azerbaijan should act according to their comparative advantage to plant their crop.
He stressed the need to export saffron health and added that the European market standards, particularly with regard to health and free from pesticides and fertilizers saffron and saffron Iran to maintain the health of their markets should guarantee.
Head of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Saffron maintain a market risk in the target countries and said Iran is the world’s largest producer of saffron, but countries such as Spain and the UAE are the major competitors in the target markets.
He pointed to the development of processed saffron in the last 5 years, said in processing and packaging plant with a capacity of 74 350 tons of saffron that this packaging is done according to the tastes of the target country.
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