Harvesting saffron in Rashtkhar city is not economical
Due to the rising costs of saffron harvest, lack of economic efficiency and lack of serious support from officials in this sector, farmers will have no choice but to plow their saffron fields.
Hassan Gholami, a representative of the Rashtkhar Young Farmers Club, said: Due to the rising costs of saffron harvest, lack of economic efficiency and lack of serious support from officials in this sector, farmers will have no choice but to plow their saffron fields.
He further added: Since the beginning of the corona crisis and consequently the quarantine of most countries, saffron has been traded for 15 to 16 thousand tomans, products such as straw in the range of 6 million and 500 thousand tomans to 7 million tomans.
Gholami Karimabad further reminded: Now the price of each dollar has increased by 6 thousand tomans and reached 20 thousand tomans, while the price of saffron has not changed at all, while if in these few months the price of the dollar rises from 15 thousand tomans to 13 thousand tomans Received, under the pretext of the fall in the price of the dollar, they were constantly interviewing and bringing the 7 million saffron to 4 million, but now these increases have not caused the market to shake even in Rials.
The representative of the Young Farmers Club of Rashtkhar said: It goes without saying that saffron was traded at 12 to 11 million Tomans last year at a price of 10 to 11 million Tomans, and this year we are surprised to see that the price of this product has decreased significantly.
Regarding the continuity and stability of saffron prices, he said: With staggering labor costs, saffron growers will suffer a lot and will have to abandon or plow their saffron fields, because labor costs and the cost price of the product. , Will be much higher than the price of Nahabi product.
The representative of the villagers of Rashtkhar city, pointing out that 7 million saffron farmers are bought in the market and the same saffron is sold for 12 million in the stock exchange, said: Mr. Minister, these farmers who remain in the village are not literate and there are no saffron mafias They allow these farmers to bring their saffron to the stock exchange. You have planned for this product on the stock exchange in such a way that again only the saffron mafia can bring their saffron to the stock exchange.
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