Saffron exports Yazd and Kerman, Khorasan name!
Director of Horticulture Agriculture in Yazd said: Unfortunately, saffron production in Khorasan and Kerman province, in bulk, and sent in their name are issued.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Yazd, Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi referred to droughts in recent years in Yazd province, said the province’s policy of replacing either shallow water culture, this special program to promote the cultivation of saffron in the province and for the cultivation and development of this product support is necessary.
He said that this year, saffron cultivation in 420 hectares of which 357 hectares are fertile and non-fertile it is 63 hectares. It is predicted that this year, about 1650 kg of saffron is harvested from agricultural land Yazd. According to the purchase price per kilogram of saffron worth 60 to 70 million rials, the product will be worth more than 10 billion USD.
Ebrahimi said that the city Bahabad with acreage of 270 hectares of saffron production in the province is ranked first, said County valleys of the cultivated area and 48 hectares with 33 hectares Mehriz are ranked second and third in this field.
He pointed to the good flavor and high quality saffron production in the province, said saffron cultivation in Yazd province in late summer and early autumn, and harvest herbs and spices normally one month to two months after planting and occurs in several stages . Saffron cultivation in the province, especially the city Bahabad, before sunrise harvest and is therefore unique in its kind.
Horticulture Director of Agriculture in Yazd province, said: It seems that in addition to increasing the planted area Saffron in Yazd province in the sixth development program is planned, can be set up associations with saffron and more attention to packaging these valuable plant in the not too distant years, Yazd is one of the main engines of the country’s production of saffron.
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