The difference between traditional and modern saffron planting

The difference between traditional and modern saffron planting

According to the report of the provincial youth club of young journalists from Khorasan Razavi, Hashim Naghibi, advising saffron farmers in the province, added: to increase the level of cultivation of saffron based on the amount of water for full irrigation and to avoid any unnecessary development in this area.
He stated that more than 80 percent of the cultivation and production of saffron in the country was in Razavi Khorasan, said: Last year, 75 thousand hectares of saffron crops grown from the province’s farms increased more than five thousand hectares .
Najibi said, last year, 280 tons of saffron were harvested from the province’s farms.
The director of gardener organization of Khorasan Razavi Jihad Agriculture Organization added: Last year, this amount of saffron production in the province increased by 28.8% compared to the previous year.

In the province of Khorasan Razavi, 117,000 households are engaged in saffron cultivation and the average production of saffron in this province is four kilograms per hectare

source: yjc /ir