1700 kg of saffron was produced in Kermanshah province
The head of the Kermanshah Agricultural Jihad Organization announced the production of 1,700 kilograms of saffron this year and said: the average yield of saffron in the province is four kilograms per hectare.
Nourbakhsh Hatami, announcing that this province has 422 hectares of saffron cultivation area, added: 120 hectares of this area has been added to Kermanshah saffron levels this year and the main production of saffron in the province was done from 302 hectares of farms.
He went on to say that saffron has been cultivated in all cities of the province except Qasr Shirin and Sarpolzahab: We have the highest level of saffron in the cities of Kermanshah, Dalahou and Harsin.
He then pointed to the adaptation of saffron to the climatic conditions of the province and added: Kermanshah has been the origin of saffron cultivation since ancient times and today the saffron produced in Kermanshah has a high quality.
Referring to the active saffron packaging unit in Kermanshah province, Hatami added: Despite these capacities, the development of saffron cultivation is in the organization’s program and is a priority, so that next year the development of cultivation of this product has been seen at 100 hectares.
He announced the harvest time of saffron in the province to be about one month.
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