Prediction of harvesting more than 580 kg of saffron in Ardestan
The director of Ardestan Agricultural Jihad said: the saffron harvesting operation has started from 84 hectares of agricultural fields in Ardestan city and it is predicted that more than 580 kg of saffron will be harvested.
Ali Akbar Saleh stated: The harvest of saffron in Ardestan city as one of the production centers of this product in Isfahan province begins every year in mid-November in cold regions and ends in mid-December in tropical regions.
He said that the climate of Ardestan city is suitable for planting saffron, adding: saffron harvesting operation has started from 84 hectares of agricultural farms in this city and it is predicted that the average yield of this crop this year will be more than eight kilograms per hectare Reach and harvest more than 580 kg of saffron.
Director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Ardestan city, stating that the welcome of farmers to saffron due to lack of water and economic efficiency has caused the cultivation of this product in Ardestan city to face very good growth, continued: Unfortunately, over time, saffron cultivation has been removed from the city In the last ten years, with the activity of this management, this cultivation has flourished again and its level is increasing year by year.
Saleh stated that more than 7,000 farmers are directly active in the agricultural sector of the city and indirectly more than 20,000 people are employed in this sector, specified: Ardestan city ranks first in attracting credit line facilities for mechanization of equipment and machinery in the sector Agriculture has been allocated to itself and in this regard, 3 billion, 278 million and 400 thousand tomans of credit of bank facilities have been attracted.
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