Good performance of Isfahan saffron farmers
According to the provincial youth club of young journalists from Isfahan, director general of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of Isfahan province, the area under cultivation of saffron in Isfahan Province will increase by 50 hectares to 758 hectares.
Head of Zadeh added that the cultivated area of saffron in Isfahan province last year was 708 hectares, of which 3,907 kg of saffron was obtained.
He said the statistics show a high yield of 6 kilograms per hectare of this product, which is above the national average.
Managing director of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of Isfahan province added that the level of saffron cultivation in the year 93 was 617 hectares, which increased by 15 percent in 94 years.
The head of the plant said that low water consumption, the need for water in the autumn and winter (when other livestock and gardens are in need of water) and the appropriate income for reasons of tendency to cultivate saffron in recent years.
The cities of Nazan, Tiran and Krun, Najaf Abad, Kashan, Shahin Shahr and Meymeh, Nain, Khour and Bavanakat have the highest cultivation area in the province.
4,100 farmers and 3 cooperatives are operating at the level of the province’s saffron farms.
source: yjc /ir
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