Head of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Exporters Union said allocation of credit to Saffron master plan will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting.
Gholam Reza Miri in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Khorasan region, said: Khorasan Razavi is the first exporter of saffron and saffron in the country as one of the province is of strategic products. Saffron implementing the comprehensive plan, will solve the problems in this area but those plans have now been two years waiting for allocation of credit.
He added: Saffron comprehensive plan, passed three years ago and was sent to run the Ministry of Agriculture but was not considered at the time the budget for it.
Miri referring to the master plan Saffron said the comprehensive plan for the planting, harvesting, processing, packaging, supply-products, in collaboration with universities, production efficiency, saffron ID, registration and identification of genetic and geographic fields Is considered.
Khorasan Razavi Saffron Saffron Exporters Union Chairman referred to the contribution of agricultural production Khorasan Razavi said:20% of the total amount allocated to agricultural products should be allocated to the product, which is currently considered the figure for total agricultural products is USD 300 billion.
He said the delegation traveling from state to state: I support the necessary demand of producing and exporting this product to be taken and In line resistance economy and increase non-oil exports of strategic products such as saffron note.
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