Saffron is a member of the National Assembly are also complaining about the fact that “Iranian saffron” With this in other countries facing oblivion packaging, said:This product is worth two dollars per gram in international markets is quite traditional production management mistakes that if we continue in production And be indifferent towards the production of additional quality Iranian saffron markets will be lost.
Ali Hosseini said in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), said:Most of the saffron produced in the country last year with 200 procedures and exporters have long been able to work on the harvest As it is a quality product to the world, so if the Ministry of Agriculture issued its inherent task in improving the quality of the product does not carry Iranian saffron markets will be lost.
He added that the Ministry of Agriculture if its inherent task which is training farmers to improve production quality,Do not suffer the same fate as Spain 80 years and even though we saffron production in the next few years to increase the export markets it lost.
The members of the National Assembly emphasized the importance of producing quality saffron crocus for the development of export markets noted in the last 80 years more than 100 tons of saffron was produced in Spain and at the same time, the production in Iran is about 20 tonnes while Spain currently produces about a ton and saffron production in Iran reached more than 300 people, but if we do not pay attention to the quality of saffron production in Spain has become the fate of the past.
Economics 160 thousand rural households dependent on saffron production
Hosseini said that the economy 160 thousand rural households depend saffron production in Iran, said Iranian saffron to buy a hot product that will cost about 5,000 USD per gram of the product is worth about two dollars on world markets Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture should not be indifferent towards the production quality of this product is because in the case of Iranian saffron brand packaging in other countries will be forgotten again.
He said a lack of appropriate complementary industries, low production yield per unit area and inappropriate processing of the product including saffron problems that should be managed in such a way that the Ministry of Agriculture of concern to producers and exporters of saffron production to market does not exist.
Saffron National Council said staff called Crisis Staff of saffron in the country must be formed to a small increase in saffron production should be based on planning and The program horizon landscape produced 500 tons of saffron. As well as the quality and healthy production of saffron to be considered seriously but If your management mistakes continue production problems that were created for Iranian pistachio market for saffron is repeated.
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