The area under saffron cultivation in Khorasan Razavi is 90,000 hectares
The head of Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization continued:
This is while we should think about producing new products from saffron, which include new drinks, essential oils,
flavoring and production of products with different sizes and according to the characteristics of saffron, including its happiness. .
Referring to the export of 28 tons of saffron last year, he added:
78 tons of saffron has been exported in the first 6 months of this year.
Emphasizing that 90,000 hectares of the 114,000 hectares of the country’s saffron fields are under cultivation in Khorasan Razavi, Orani noted:
At present, 131,000 people in this province are directly employed in the field of saffron production,
so that 90% of the country’s saffron is in the provinces.
The head of the province’s agricultural jihad pointed out that it is necessary for the private sector to enter this field
with more power and ability and invest to improve the situation of saffron production, reminded:
saffron exchange, definite transparency in price, acceleration of saffron deposition in the stock exchange and securities,
The formation of large companies in the field of cultivation and production of this strategic product
so that they can work in this field in the field of agriculture like an artist, Orani said.
He lamented that some city managers instead of raising expert issues,
under the influence of the behavior and speech of some vulgar and street talk,
disturb the saffron market and this is not a beautiful manager, said:
According to statistics we received from customs, the amount of exports Saffron was 281 tons last year and 78 tons in the first half of this year,
and if we add these two numbers and compare them with the amount of saffron production, there should definitely be no saffron.
The head of the province’s agricultural jihad continued:
The second point is that if the area under saffron cultivation in the country is 114,000 hectares,
of which 90,000 hectares are in Khorasan Razavi and 15 hectares in South Khorasan,
the share of other parts of the country is only 9,000 hectares
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