Saffron’s father said, saffron cultivation has increased in the last 40 years.
Behzad Sadeghi in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Khorasan region, said: saffron cultivation in 52 provinces about 10 thousand hectares, which today has reached to more than 80 thousand hectares. The amount of saffron produced in the last 40 years from 18 tons to 250 tons. Due to increased production in recent years, the industrialization of Spain and its withdrawal from the market of the world’s saffron production.
He said all this in saffron production in the province to be sold. For example, last year 20 per cent of the saffron produced in excess of that in the case of producers, the migration of villagers from the region will face.107 thousand farmers spend their lives Khorasani saffron gain from the sale and production of Khorasan monopoly should be removed because About 800 thousand people living in Khorasan saffron production and the livelihoods of 200 million people is provided by packaging and exporting these products.
Sadeghi, dry and Kmbaran Khorasan Province, he said, the value of production in the province is the only product that can meet their living expenses, saffron. Saffron produced by other provinces alarm for the country. This Khorassan and other areas of the country is faced with the problem because land use change north of the country who are blessed enough rain to cause damage to agricultural land.
He saffron quality depends on both latitude and altitude, he added, the altitude, the greater the color and fragrance of saffron will be better, for example, the saffron quality due to an altitude of 400 meters above sea level than Cain it is better to Bajestan and Bardaskan
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