Smuggling Iranian Iranian saffron bulbs is a crime
According to ILNA, Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi, deputy director of the Department of Horticulture of the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, said: If the saffron bulbs are ejected from the provinces of Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan and other areas of saffron production abroad, the police and the judiciary will deal with the offenders.
He added: “The issue of smuggling of saffron onions to other countries is continuously pursued through the Deputy Chiefs of Horticulture and Development of Commerce and Industries of Agriculture, the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, the Central Headquarters for the fight against drug trafficking and currency, law enforcement, the country’s border guard and other related authorities.” .
Tahmasebi said that the necessary training packages have been provided by the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the border provinces on identifying the bulbs of saffron and said that they have been given training and this year is underway.
He also emphasized the need to increase the production of saffron in order to use its valuable extract in the pharmaceutical industry: we can export most of this product in the form of pharmaceutical products and with the brand of Iran to other countries, and this Some examples of the sixth and seventh programs of the country’s economic development are also.
Deputy of Agriculture Affairs of the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture said: “Saffron plant, in addition to major consumption in the food industry as a spice and seasoning, is also of high value in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and health industries. In this regard, further research is needed.
“We need to expand our research in this field to find world markets to improve the pattern of export of saffron crops,” he said.
Tahmasebi said: “This deputy is advising to expand the export of saffron through holding exhibitions on the export of packaging of this product and its products in order to consume more Iranian saffron.
source: ilna/ir
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