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Mashhad – Khorasan saffron as a product of strategic and sustainable employment factor to the lack of a coherent strategic plan suffers the problems of export and volatility of the gold price today is Black Red.
The product of 6 thousand 500 hectares of Khorasan Razavi Khorasan saffron cultivation and 80 to 85 percent is exported to 53 countries and 20 thousand households in Torbat’s economy is tied.
Saffron is the most expensive agricultural products and industrial goods and export of pharmaceutical world a special place in Iran and many properties of this valuable drug, its special role in the lives of farmers, as well as high value-added, pay special attention to issues of production, export and marketing of saffron makes.
There are many problems in the way the way farmers.
Saffron is the color of interest occurs negative.
Shariati said that one of the main problems is the lack of water in the production of saffron, emphasized: national documents in this area should be reviewed and considered initiatives such as virtual water.
He is considered the most important investment banks in saffron and said: specialized banks such as Agricultural Bank capital increase has been seen in the budget, but not practice.
Export incentives to offset part of the loss exporter
Shariati also said the government is required to 4 percent of the value of exports for the development of saffron production chain and improve its exports account for the hope it would happen.He pointed to the 90 percent share in world exports of saffron added the other 10 countries in the export of saffron have entered the alarm for us and must be awakened intellectual statesmen have had a strategic product.
Saffron Oil order is
Another saffron producers in this regard, the Mehr News Agency said a particular product and valuable saffron and saffron at the province should look like that in the country of oil.
He continued: Saffron plant that grows in environments with little water and with recent droughts and water shortages in the province as an important crop during drought can be considered.
Sadeghi said the acute shortage of water on the one hand and on the other hand the underlying price volatility has been the destruction of saffron.
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Saffron low that even the most water scarce product is also affected.
He continued: irrigation with the tanker and the saffron impose large costs on farmers and the cost is more than the market price is not affordable.
Saffron is not a strategic plan
President of the Institute of saffron is also an exclusive interview with Mehr News Agency said, only three regions “Torbat”, “Zavh” and “May rulers” 200 per thousand hectare area under cultivation of saffron that are the largest in the world production of saffron.
Ali Reza Karbasi the problems Saffron said one of the main problems in the supply of saffron island work of institutions and organizations related to this product should be taken with measures that restore the structure, activity and change.
He pointed out that the strategic plan has been defined for the saffron added, after 10 years still has not announced whether the area should be changed? Output should be? What’s exports and export purposes? And dozens of other unanswered question that we should be answered.
President of Azad University Torbat private and public sector have emphasized the need for empathy and continued tensions in the planning between the public and private sectors, and it is not clear that planning should be done by the private sector or by the government.
Karbassi said one of the important issues to examine the challenges, opportunities and threats facing it strategic, scientific research and research that must be done with consideration of the budget dedicated to the export earnings from this product to be addressed.President of Azad University Torbat acknowledged in a study conducted by the University of Torbat, showed that 90 percent of rural livelihoods in Torbat of saffron supplied.
Chairman of Saffron Institute said the saffron-growing region of Iran, South Khorasan and due to dehydration in one of the few crops that can grow in some areas there, and sometimes the only source of rural households Artzaq, but Unfortunately, we witness the planting of the crop in the West is that it should be avoided.
China alarm for Iranian saffron
Karbassi said with regard to the profitability of the product in other countries such as Afghanistan, India and China also have been thinking of producing and delivering the product. This can be a wakeup call for us.
He announced that a re-export, the main profit goes into the pockets of those statistics Spain said because of the lack of processing and packaging issues and compliance with the health and quality of the product we see that countries like the United Arab Emirates to buy our product Vaspanya and then re-export packing.
President of the Institute of Saffron said, given that more than 70 percent of saffron production is exported, the export of this product should be more technical than before.
He acknowledged: Saffron export value-added technology and large investment needs and we offer our support and preservation of traditional and branding of the product with the brand name and the geography of the country.
Saffron comprehensive plan
Director General of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan in an interview with Mehr News Agency said, and additional processing saffron should be special attention to all the income from this product in the province happen.
M. Mazrui said in order to achieve the goals and plans and problems need to be homogeneous, and align the supply chain and rings are connected.
Villagers have been held.
Director General of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi, the master plan saffron leadership program for this product and added: This project consists of 5 projects and 95 projects to increase the quality and quantity of saffron from production to consumption, consumer culture, the development of consumer markets and According to the consumer that hope quickly adopted and implemented.
He emphasized the need Karthqyqaty to introduce saffron properties and said the university should have examined the properties and applications of saffron Food and value to the community.
Mzvry continued to Khorasan Saffron is a strategic product that best adapted to our climate and is particularly important in terms of income and employment.
Business development top priority
Director General of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi, declared that Iranian saffron in quality at the highest level as he should have tried to increase the quality of the products on the global market provides a strong presence in this market and in other countries viewed as an opportunity for themselves.
Mzvry stating that the purpose of the development of this product is considered a priority, he said, given that revenue and earnings growth, and the most important factor in agriculture, business development a top priority, including product, pricing, packaging, branding and export development saffron is considered.
Director General of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi said second priority theme of water, which according to recent droughts special programs for water supply and water supply in rural areas is underway saffron growers.
He pointed to the production of saffron in the island said to produce a cooperative and integrated manufacturer and separate ownership from management.
Director General of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron emphasized the importance of processing industry said that saffron has many applications in the field of medicine and health should be given its increased profitability in the field.
What to do?
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Increasing yields per hectare harvested or changing crop patterns and improve certain saffron harvest in many countries will be non-economic.
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