Increasing cultivation of saffron in Khatam city in Iran
Mojtaba said, “Saffron is one of the strategic products that has the proper cultivation capacity in Khatam, referring to the potentials of Khatam in agriculture in Iran.
He added: “Saffron is a tropical plant that grows well in temperate and temperate regions, which are hot and hot summer and relatively mild winters.
Director of Agricultural Jihad in Khatam, Iran, said: “The cultivation of saffron in Khatam city has increased five times,” said Khatam, director of agricultural Jihad in Iran, in cold weather and snow tolerance in the short-term, as a feature of saffron.
Beginning with the statement that during past years cultivation of saffron has been sprawly planted about 9 hectares of agricultural land in this city, it has been stated that at present, the cultivated area of saffron in the city of Khatam in Iran has reached 42 hectares, seven hectares 35 hectares is unpolitical.
The average responsibility of saffron in the city of Khatam was five kilograms, and continued: Harvesting one hectare of saffron in the city has more than 60 million tomans of income for the farmer.
Director of Agriculture Jihad in Khatam city, at the end of the year said that 10 thousand farmers in the city are engaged in agriculture, said: About 100 farmers in Khatam province cultivated saffron in their agricultural lands.
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