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Director of Agriculture Roshtkhar said the saffron harvest from 5 500 hectares of farmland Roshtkhar started which is expected to be harvested from the farms of 15 to 17 tons of dry saffron.
Mohammad Abbaspoor in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region stated: the dominant culture FATHABAD villages, Brakv, Eshratabad and Roshtkhar to the saffron fields that yield per hectare saffron saffron fields Roshtkhar three kilograms and 200 grams Saffron is dry.
Referring to the supply of fertilizer farmers this city this year with the help of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization saffron development project in the city from September this year with the training of local experts in the fields of saffron to create a coherent network operators and training members for planting and harvesting, it product and create action plans and a model of growing and processing saffron Roshtkhar its activities have begun.
Director of Agriculture Roshtkhar pointed out that saffron harvest will continue until the end of November, said in the second month of autumn, the city has a different mood taken Roshtkhar or red gold and saffron harvest began this month.
Pour Abbas said that the largest share of the production of saffron in the city belonging to Fath Abad city and surrounding villages, said: Despite the drought and reduced water supplies in the city increased acreage saffron highlight and support the city’s agricultural management.
He said the city Roshtkhar after Torbat second pole cultivation of saffron in the province and in autumn seasonal employment is also looking good.
Director of Agriculture Roshtkhar major problem for farmers this city to drought, insufficient water and no processing technologies announced saffron.
He said that at present, with an annual output of 180 tons of Khorasan Razavi Saffron Saffron is the world’s largest producer, said Spain’s largest exporter of saffron is having the best technology and advanced standards in the world and tailored to customer demands saffron Packaging and closer to the market.
Director of Agriculture Roshtkhar saffron Iran was not a major problem sorted and advanced packaging standards in foreign markets as saying in export in accordance with customer demand for products shipped.
Abbaspoor one of the major problems is the lack of manpower saffron farmers as saying: Since the saffron 4 of color, taste and odor should be maintained these 4 factors need to collect the flowers before sunrise when properly processed and stored properly after dry up very effectively.
Director of Agriculture Roshtkhar added saffron harvest requires a lot of manpower that the concerns of farmers in the product, and then purify and isolate the stigma of the flower and petals ruby rivet supply of human resources for major problem largely The new technology replaces human labor is required to improve these deficiencies.
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