saffron production increase in the eastern province of Azerbaijan in Iran

Abolfazl Shukri as news agency IRNA said on Sunday to last year’s level of saffron cultivation in the province of Azerbaijan in Iran 146 hectares for years at a rate of 93 20 hectares .
He said the average saffron production in the province of East Azerbaijan 3.87 kg per hectare Iran is
Shukri as saying in the township marand Iran three cooperative work saffron production has been formed , noted in the first year of saffron crop economic for eight years , but can be cultivated bush .
he said, referring to the challenges in the cultivation of medicinal herbs including saffron said lack of technical knowledge cultivation and production of medical herbs, a shortage of specialists in high – level at expert level , the lack of seeds and seedlings standard, was picked up machinery and processing of medicinal herbs, risk the absence of farmers for new products and the allocation of not finding banking facilities for the development of medicinal herbs including challenges in the agricultural sector is medicinal plants .
He pointed out that last year 159 tonnes of saffron has been exported from the country , said: the present saffron export manufacturing , Azerbaijan, Iran is not possible with the implementation of the objectives of resistance to the economy and provide necessary fields , expected in the coming years witnessed this product exports from the province .
Shukri as announced that East Azerbaijan in Iran with 450 plants would have been identified one of the richest provinces of the country , said it is important and rare species in the province of medicinal plants can be chamomile , oregano , thyme , sage , Mary , grass, tea, Gul thimble, tinsel , snake species of grass and tree and bush like Kara Ghat, blueberries, wild eglantine , raspberry, bitter almonds pointed out .
director of gardening Hamedan Agricultural Jahad Organization of East Azerbaijan of not being identified by saying that the exact medicinal herbs, the biggest obstacle in the use of them stressed the necessity of compiling the species , according to the radiation points .
Plants medicine plants is referred to as a special materials and stored and medicinal value , or industrial .
medicinal plants , according to their applications into three groups use plants in the pharmaceutical industries , plants in use in the food industry and use plants in health and cosmetic industries .