Cultivation of 250 hectares of saffron in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
Hamidreza Danesh said:
Due to the high altitude, the existence of hot days and cool nights and suitable climatic conditions,
the quality of saffron in the province is very high and can compete with Khorasan.
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Jihad-e-Keshavarzi Deputy for Plant Production Improvement,
pointing out that the price of saffron is 10 million Tomans per kilo.
He, stating that the supply of seeds from the provinces of Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan
is done by obtaining a license and health certificate, added:
the average yield of saffron in the province is 5 kg per hectare.
Danesh added:
According to research, Shahrekord, Kiar, Farsan and Borujen are desirable cities for saffron cultivation.
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province with an area of about 16,533 square kilometers,
which covers almost one percent of the total area of the country, is located in the southwest of the country within the Zagros Mountains.
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari is the 22nd province of the country in terms of area, which is located between 31 degrees and 9 minutes to 32 degrees and 38 minutes north latitude and 49 degrees and 30 minutes to 51 degrees and 26 minutes east longitude of Greenwich.
Kohkiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces from the south, Khuzestan province from the west and Lorestan province from the northwest.
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