Spring Fall saffron in Khorasan, Iran

Zarparan say the name has been mud red flags reduces symptoms of depression, in Khorasan killed three thousand years ago and in addition thriving business, medicine, painting and calligraphy ink is produced.

Is economically feasible only in certain latitudes killed him, why is that so much production centers help. Saffron is native to Iran, mistakenly say 93 percent of the world’s saffron is produced in Iran. Seven percent of the rest of Spain, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, China, France, Italy, Germany, Australia and Greece.

Saffron is almost dry, the growing onions, chicken and multiplies itself over the ground.. For seven to 10 years after watering needs only three times per year and the flowering season is from early November to mid-December a month of the year continues, the fresh flowers every morning. Saffron is that each year the amount of the ground is different. Usually in the first year, only one or two kilos of dried saffron cultivation of saffron per hectare is achieved, in the second year of its value in four to six kilos is, from the third year onwards, up to 10 kilograms per hectare and more Saffron dry harvested. Even more than 30 kg of saffron farmers have harvested from each hectare, taking into account the price per kilo of dried saffron harvest season could reach more than five million USD, saffron has a good economic benefit.

More saffron family business. People in the region of Khorasan most of their time with saffron in harvesting time harvesting and clearing surrounded by flowers on the floor, picked flowers from before dawn when the petals are still closed, and separated them from the leaves of the plant is easier to start needle and during the day continues.However, those who have larger areas to ensure that all flowers are arranged on the plant, will inevitably take advantage of seasonal workers. Here workers rather than day workers are paid based on the amount of goals he collected.

Ahmed, one of the people who work at this time of the year for “KHAF” is. He says: “I read in high school Biology course, next year should give the exam, but I do not know the exam or not. Working here is more to studying money. Here the earth flower vector five dollars per kilo, morning to night, 40, 50 thousand dollars to work. Nobody does not teach that! “

While saffron is planted largely rain-fed methods, pesticide and fertilizer is not gonna forget. Ahmad said: “There is no land that the goals are not fertilizers. I did not find that organic flowers is as real, but it does not hurt Sam and fertilizers for plants. We still have not seen that, for example, fertilizer monitoring goals have changed color and smell.

The difficulties of picking, this is a saffron plant leaves are needle hurt the hand. Apart from this, all the saffron harvest should be done by hand. Mr. happy that agricultural graduate from Tehran University and a number of patents and scientific papers in the field of agriculture, in this case, said: “I tried to mechanized harvesting saffron or erase it, but still a device that can really work for farmers help is not made or the stage of industrial production is reached. Most of the work is now done by machine, one drying saffron is used with the device and other devices like fruit dryer
for saffron bulbs out of the soil. Although saffron bulbs and flowers that remain in the soil for many years, after the flowering period the soil should not poison secreted abroad to earth; for the works of similar devices made potato harvest onions out of the soil. The rest of the process is still done by hand and this increases the price of saffron. “

Saffron may be relatively better than other farmers’ income farmers, but is still in the hands of intermediaries and in the harvest season prices of fresh flowers and saffron which is much less than other seasons of the year. Until a few years ago that farmers say that dealer sky during the harvest season, saffron inexpensively bought and later sold their expensive time. Still in the markets of cities that are closer to the centers of saffron, saffron harvest in the melee. Many people who have smaller areas and are less capital, saffron, dry and clean to maybe 10, 15 percent less than the price of selling, all of course they do not.

Mr. Pouryaghoub “In one of the villages, the larger the children had all his capital was dedicated, a fund created to harvest all the villagers went to Saffron their fund it sold and the money were and when the price of saffron again went up the saffron sold the money placed in the fund for the following year. Now many years did it take so farmers have less to lose them. Those who save the money themselves saffron hold after the harvest season sell the detriment of all. “

Saffron Like many goods and products, the production assets that planning has been done to maximize profits. Fights over the years, despite the fact that Iran has produced more than 90 percent of the world’s saffron crocus is not successful enough in foreign trade. Mr. euphoric “We’re still after all these years without packing exported saffron that others take profit. More saffron as Spanish brands sold in the world, is in fact of Iranian saffron; but in the name of Spain is known all over the world saffron and saffron bulk of our business is economical both for themselves and they want to send to Spain for international sales plan and invest. “

Climate change and global warming have made the best saffron in the past decades in Cain and parts of southern Khorasan, now more northerly areas and reach areas such as Torbat. Saffron cultivation in the country threatens the whole situation, but it seems the risk is still not enough to feel. Saffron is currently trading wheel spins and those who get their hands on the job, are satisfied.