The city of Ijroud is prone to saffron cultivation
Mohammad Baqer Aghajanloo, stating that the potential of this city in the field of crop cultivation has caused the necessary predictions to be made to increase the amount of saffron cultivation in Ijroud, added: Considering the existing conditions and capacities that we know in the field of agriculture in this city, we predict The next few years will see an increase in the cultivation of this crop by 20 hectares.
He emphasized that the welcome of saffron cultivation in Ijroud has made the development of this crop cultivation in the region one of the priority programs of this management, and specified: Currently, six saffron farmers in this city are cultivating this crop with activities carried out in three The hectare of land dedicated to saffron cultivation is six kilograms of saffron has been harvested from the farms of Ijroud city, which will increase in the coming years with the increase of the area under cultivation.
The official reminded that the activists in this field, due to the high cost of cultivating the crop, need to provide low-yield facilities, said: Considering that the cultivation of saffron crop per hectare requires 300 million rials, so the users of this crop need They are in dire need of facilities so that they can have a successful performance in this field, and in this regard, all the efforts of the activists in this field are to be able to double the cultivation of this crop next year.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Ijroud city, pointing out that the saffron product of this city has a consumer market in addition to the province in Tehran, expressed hope that with the support provided in this sector, we will see the development of saffron cultivation in Ijroud city.
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