Hamadani drink jam from saffron petals
Qassim Asadian, director of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Hamadan province in Iran, said: “Determining the specific standards of saffron in well-equipped and validated laboratories, determining the state of the packaging materials and specifying the size of the packages is one of the They can be used for brandishing saffron in Hamedan.
Referring to the level of saffron cultivation and its sales in Hamedan, he said: Saffron’s cropland is 145 hectares but there are no clear statistics on the distribution of this valuable plant.
The head of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Hamadan province in Iran said about the amount of saffron cultivation in Iran and the share of Hamedan province in this cultivation: In general, Iran produces 250 to 300 tons of saffron, of which 725 kg Hamedan Provides
He mentioned the problems in the province to cultivate this valuable and valuable plant: Each kilogram of saffron needs to pick up 170 thousand flowers, due to the lack of special machines for harvesting saffron in the province, there is a lot of labor costs for the farmer.
Asidean further noted: the lack of a union or a company to collect saffron farmers in the province has led to fraud in this case and to prevent the development of cultivation and sale of saffron in the province.
He emphasized the easy cultivation and extensive use of various parts of the saffron plant, said: Saffron is the most valuable plant in the world and can be cultivated in different climatic conditions and using all parts of saffron in various uses. This plant has the least need for water for cultivation, and it can be cultivated in the territory of Deliza.
Asadian pointed out that Hamadan is a natural habitat for saffron and has high potential for cultivating this plant, adding: Due to non-polluted and semi-arid soils of the province, elevation of the sea, heavens and semi-steppe of the entire province, conditions for the development of cultivation of red gold In the province is available.
He commented on the actions taken by Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization to persuade farmers to cultivate saffron: the introduction of approved agricultural Jihad places to buy saffron bulbs, guidance in the gardening sector and the existence of a relevant expert on the organization’s actions.
In the end, the head of the Agricultural and Natural Resources and Research Center for Hamedan Province in Iran emphasized on the future of the organization to use saffron petals for the first time in the province. In Hamedan, for the first time, we use saffron petals to prepare jam.
Get Social