Need help improve the quality of saffron private sector

Need help improve the quality of saffron private sector

Secretary of the Coordination Center of Iranian saffron, stating that the project should be done in the private sector, said the focus of the program is the only financing model.

Khalil Khalil in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) South Khorasan region, said the plan to improve the quality saffron in coordination with various departments, including Agriculture, the National Council of saffron and local officials to teach farmers how to harvest and post-harvest processing and saffron is.

He pointed out that the three villages of the saffron production for two months for intensive training sessions were held, stated: 40 farmers on average five hours on how to harvest and dry the saffron trained.

Khalili pointed out that the farmers during harvest time to harvest the saffron in accordance with training procedures, said product processing plants after harvest immediately transferred to the dryers to be quite technical dry and the package.

Secretary of the Coordination Center of Iranian saffron continued to each product-specific code that reflects information about the manufacturer, product and other information was provided.

Khalili pointed out that the higher quality of standard product in this way, said: It is a birth certificate.

Stating that the products manufactured in this way in the first year almost 20% higher than the previous price was bought by the private sector, said the arrival of Iranian saffron higher quality to domestic and foreign markets, increase farmer income from products and to prevent fraud Dill said the benefits of the project for the macro.

Secretary of the Coordination Center of Iranian saffron continuous training to farmers, accurate identification of the target market, business training and exporters, branding Iranian saffron, meetings and seminars and research activities of major programs is the focus of saffron.

Khalili pointed out that the possibility of research in universities and research institutes provide, noted that there is not enough funding to do research on saffron moder.