Increased by 28 percent, saffron production in Khorasan of Iran
Hashem Naghibi Saturday in an interview with IRNA reporter said that last year 280 tons of saffron is harvested from the fields.
He said that more than 80 percent of the country saffron cultivation in Khorasan Razavi marked, he said: Last year a total of 75 thousand hectares of farmland under cultivation of saffron was compared to a year before it was increased more than five thousand hectares .
He also advised the farmers of this region to increase saffron cultivation based on the amount of water for irrigation in this area adapt and avoid any uncontrolled development.
Naghibi stated: Farmers recognize that the development of new fields can be cultivated using modern methods Average saffron from three to four kilos per hectare to reach eight to 10 kg.
Saffron cultivation in Khorasan Razavi province, there are 117 million households and average production per hectare is four kilograms of saffron in this province.
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