Iran to the value of red gold

Iran as the largest producer of saffron in terms of quality and quantity in the world , but the problems of the production to its exports .
Authorities neglect of this article exotic and who is high value and use it as a red gold , made this valuable plant produces several thousand – year – old mighty oaks, of ironwoods in Iran , and lost in contrast, other countries saffron plant loans from Iran , in the world , as a major producer of the product .
Despite the high price of saffron , separate from the roots of saffron flowers at the root of it to dry on the responsibility of the farmers and no oversight of the health and farmers with their families all these steps to supply on the market in the house .
Gholam Reza Mir , president of the Association of vendors saffron Mashhad, said in an interview with a reporter ISNA , saying that stage saffron harvest of farmland to the traditional method and the hand , noted : farmland saffron conducive to mechanized devices .
He added: “ for saffron onions in 20 cm apart from is killed for the use of the devices to 60 cm apart from 50 , in addition to wheels on the ground , makes bulbs come to pressure and alone .
Mir said that 700 per kilogram fetches a thousand to one million for the separation of the cost of flowers , as well as the separation of the traditional way , and by 120 thousand farming households , and for this reason pollution and foreign material .
Regarding the use of mechanised devices for the separation of the goals of the root of saffron stated, is scheduled to separate devices at the root of saffron flowers into the market that if the machines will be used to reduce the cost of separation , and thus the cost of saffron grows in favour of the consumer and the development of exports.
president of the Association of vendors saffron Mashhad , referring to the other advantages of these devices as well as foreign substances enter saffron and pollution and become the saffron that the buyer from us.
He pointed out that any kind of saffron laboratory test unit , may be between 300 325 to paint unit , said that any kind of saffron color , more and more buyer . saffron Iran in the world for the sake of the unit .
Miri added another one of the advantages of using mechanized devices high color unit while the traditional method of saffron color unit to 230 220 .
Mir said that if the saffron drying , mildew , added : dry saffron themselves to farmers and methods to hand ; the saffron their work when he starts saffron farmers to the market and before that on farmers and کشاورزیست Jihad Organization .
president of the Association of vendors saffron Mashhad , with a focus on providing 92 percent of the world’s saffron in Iran, said: ” In 6 months of the year 5.7 percent compared to last year, an increase in exports and every year, an average of 15 tons of saffron packing case to 47 countries around the world .
He said that 94 thousand hectares of agricultural land in Khorasan saffron cultivation and production in most saffron Torbat – Heydarieh , noted by 75 percent of saffron Khurasan Rizvi and 25 percent of Khurasan produced by the South . In addition to these two provinces, 22 other provinces saffron cultivation .
Miri added that most foreign countries and saffron industrial consumption in sanitary accessories , pharmaceuticals, soft and alcohol use of saffron .
He stressed that the arrival of saffron in every way to Iran is banned, added: “ Iran has a capacity of 450 tonnes of packing and more than 50 confirmed brand in Iran that each Zaafran internally and externally .
president of the Association of vendors saffron Mashhad on fake saffron, said more than 50 the quality control department , and there are those who want to buy saffron , to be sure to saffron with standard signal to buy because if saffron and low quality or problems , this issue . Otherwise, who is not accountable .
He said that if the saffron lacks standard signal to , continued 7000 saffron closed last year due to market levels of counterfeit or chemicals and foreign collected .
Regarding the problems of saffron said price fluctuations on the market is one of the major problems exporters , because when  wants to contract with foreign countries want him as supplier during a specific time with a fixed price to be sold saffron unfortunately of such an approach in Iran . as well as the political problems that cause the economy has been reduced exports .