The decrease in saffron prices affected the farmers of Zaveh city
Mahmoud Sadeghi said:
out of a total of 84,000 hectares of saffron cultivated lands in Khorasan Razavi, 8,500 hectares,
ie equivalent to 12% of the province to Torbat Heydariyeh lands, and out of a total of more than 50,000 hectares in Zaveh,
12,000 hectares, equivalent to 17% of Khorasan Razavi capacity Dedicated to saffron cultivation.
The governor of Zaveh stated:
this year, out of a total of 12,000 hectares of saffron cultivation in this city,
it is predicted that about 40 tons of dry saffron will be harvested.
He said that the supply of saffron is currently more than demand, adding:
For this reason, prices have fallen and compared to last year,
the price of each saffron flower has reached one third.
Sadeghi, pointing out that the Zaveh region was cold, the harvest of saffron flowers has started from mid-October, and specified:
The official harvest of this product has started from the beginning of November at the latest.
The governor of Zaveh continued:
to have stability and to see the chain of this product,
we have no choice but to produce more than the consumption capacity so that it can be managed between supply and demand.
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