Has saffron become a migratory plant
The Deputy Minister of Horticulture of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture said: The saffron crop in Iran has become a migratory plant, which means that 115,000 hectares of cultivated area of this crop is in several provinces of Iran, which is no longer limited to one or two provinces.
Engineer Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi stated: Contract farming in the field of saffron can be considered a major event in the field of production of this product, so that with the implementation of the contract farming plan, all saffron harvests and products and the land harvested from it, will have a certificate. As a result, the level of quality, strengths and weaknesses, as well as the history of cultivation and harvesting can be easily traced, in which some saffron production companies are cooperating and participating.
He said that the lack of development of mechanization as a necessity is a weakness in the production of Iranian saffron, he added: the reason for the lack of development and promotion of mechanization in the saffron industry is the employment of this sector and the negative impact of mechanization on employment.
The Deputy Minister of Horticulture of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture stated: There should be purposeful planning to generate income from saffron more than before, and with all our might and also the cooperation of the private sector, this valuable product should be protected and many efforts should be made to maintain and promote its position in the world. To take.
He pointed out that the private sector should enter the field with all its might and invest in improving the situation of saffron, saying: Saffron exchange, definite transparency in the price of this product, expediting the transfer of saffron in the stock exchange and securities and the formation Large companies in the field of cultivation and production of this strategic product is one of the needs of this product today.
Tahmasebi said: Having human resources is one of the most important issues that should be trained when training capable and talented personnel so that they can perform their required activities in the field of agriculture in this field like an artist.
Following the ceremony, Dr. Morteza Ashrafi, Deputy Director General of Investment Office of Khorasan Razavi Governorate, noted: In the saffron production chain, the processes that create added value, the role of education and research in this field is much more prominent.
Ashrafi said: We in the governorate are implementing the model of the economic development triangle model proposed by Mr. Razm Hosseini, the governor of Khorasan Razavi, and this model also exists for saffron.
In this ceremony, Mohammad Reza Orani, the head of the Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization, also stated: Our interests today are in the collective and we must ignore the low, fleeting and short-term interests. Share the profits of farmers and saffron growers. Follow your profits in the world markets and do not avoid negative competition with each other inside Iran or from the farmer’s table.
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