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Reducing by 30 percent the production of red gold / fear of lack of program for planting
Secretary of the National Council saffron saffron production decreased by 30 percent this year and said: The remaining part of the production to meet domestic needs and export of saffron have no shortage last year.
Farshid Manouchehri in an interview with ISNA, said this year due to thermal shocks that saffron bulbs were imported, the flowering of this product fell to about 30 percent of saffron production is reduced this year, but due to the increased face The area under cultivation is about 83 thousand hectares in the country this year is expected to produce 180 to 190 tons of saffron.
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Saffron National Council said: If we reduce opportunities for speculators and profiteers fuel production has created increasing demand for saffron raise its price and the price bubble in the domestic market takes shape.
Manouchehri said Iran competitors market their own produce, but very small and do little damage to the Iranian saffron enter the market. This year India was the saffron, since they are also faced with the problem of flowering and harvesting of saffron in India these problems led to price increases.
Lack of planning saffron, saffron to the axis of a Minister of Agriculture
He said a letter from the National Council of saffron to the Minister of Agriculture submitted to the lack of program in which saffron is concerned. Because if this year due to the 83 thousand hectares of saffron cultivation was produced 320 tons of the product, which is about 20 tons more than the world needs, Iranian saffron was what fate?
Razavi can not replace it with any other product in this situation are forced to fellow traffickers or on the periphery of cities, the workers become consumers.
Saffron National Council stressed that the government look into Saffron should be specific and strategic, because if the officials of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and Agriculture at the hands of other countries they certainly will in the future instead of Iranian saffron.
Not that saffron is one of the best herbal medicines in the various applications. So why not look at it special?
Manufacturers suggested to the government to organize Saffron
Saffron National Council said several years, the National Assembly set up a fund or bank Saffron Saffron plan presented to the public with basic authentication is also established as a loan, but the proposal has not been implemented.
The production quality is improved can buy up to 50 percent of facilities offer, then we can encourage manufacturers to improve the quality of design, product quality produce.
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