95% of saffron harvest is done manually The Deputy Minister of Jihad for Agriculture, stating that Iranian saffron needs a modern market, said: in 95% of the areas under saffron cultivation, the crop is harvested manually. Hossein Shirzad said at the first gathering of national and provincial saffron unions in Iran: Last year, with the purposeful [...]
Buying and selling safflower flowers instead of saffron in Ilam An agricultural expert in Ilam province announced the purchase and sale of safflower flowers instead of saffron flowers in the food market of this province. Ali Farzinejad added: The production of a food product called saffron from safflower flowers is done due to the similarity of [...]
Increase bulk saffron exports to competitors Saffron exports in the first five months of this year increased in weight and value, while almost all of this product was exported in bulk and in large packages, namely to the countries that repackaged this product in its own name to all parts of the country. Europe and the [...]
Allocation of 2 hectares of agricultural lands in Baneh for saffron cultivation The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Baneh city said: two hectares of farms in Nanour and Namshir districts have been created for saffron planting and with the supervision of the experts of this management, the initial productivity has been reached. Karim Sharifi stated: Due [...]
Production of 27 kg of saffron this year in Namin city Mohammad Hassani, pointing out that 27 kg of saffron has been produced in Namin city this year, reminded: this amount of saffron is produced from 10 hectares in the city and its economic value is estimated at about 300 million Tomans. The director of Jihad [...]
Spain 2.5 times profit from Iranian saffron Reza Jabbari lamented that the profits of this valuable product are still going to European countries, said: Although saffron is a product that has been named red gold and its labor is high for farmers, but the main profit is taken by European brokers and companies. He stated that [...]
Do not miss the global saffron market of South Khorasan The head of the National Saffron Council said: expressing non-expert and non-managerial content and far from studying and analyzing the global saffron market will have no result other than losing the global saffron markets to competitors and harming the hardworking saffron farmers. Mohsen Ehtesham, referring to [...]
We plan to develop saffron cultivation in Kermanshah The head of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of Kermanshah province announced the development of saffron cultivation in this province. Khosrow Shahbazi in the meeting of the representative of the Supreme Leader in the province and the Friday prayer leader of Kermanshah with farmers, nomads and organizations of the [...]
Saffron has anti-cancer and heart protection effects A member of the Jihad University of South Khorasan Medicinal Plants Research Complex said: According to clinical studies on saffron, this aromatic spice has various biological activities, including anti-cancer, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects. Mehdi Ebrahimi stated: Saffron is an important medicinal plant that belongs to the lily family [...]
40% reduction in saffron harvest in Torbat-e Heydariyeh The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Torbat-e Heydariyeh city said: Compared to previous years, we have had a 30 to 40 percent reduction in yield in saffron harvest. Mohammad Reza Abbaspour stated: The area of saffron cultivation in Torbat-e Heydariyeh is 8700 hectares. Also, our average production was [...]
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