Economical Saffron
According to the Kermanshah club’s provincial youth club report, Shahbazi, referring to the appropriate weather for saffron, added: saffron is a tropical plant, and in places with mild winters and hot and dry summers, you can walk well and sunbathing lands without trees. Which is not exposed to cold winds, is suitable for saffron growth.
He stated that the maximum requirement for saffron water is about 6,000 cubic meters, mainly due to fall and winter rainfall (green water), and the more important thing is that the plant needs water when it needs water That other crops do not need water or less need irrigation water. The water requirement of this plant starts from about mid-September and continues until mid-May.
The head of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization announced the cultivation of saffron cultivation in Kermanshah by the beginning of the year, six hectares, adding that with efforts made, this level reached 94 hectares in 1994 to 80 hectares with a total production of 200 kilograms and an economic value of one and a half billion toomans.
He stated that the possibility of cultivating saffron in all of the province’s provinces (with the exception of Qasrshirin and Sarpolazhab), indicated that the cultivated area of saffron was 92 hectares this year and now Kermanshah with more than 29 hectares has the highest cultivation area It is dedicated to.
He supported the measures taken by the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the province to develop saffron cultivating grounds, generally with the subsidy, as well as the establishment of two cooperatives for saffron and two saffron packing units in Kermanshah (Shahini and Koozaran village).
source: yjc /ir
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