Production of more than 14 tons of dried saffron in Rashtkhar city
Ebrahim Asadi on the sidelines of visiting the saffron farms in Rashtkhar city among farmers, said:
Saffron cultivation is one of the most important sources of employment and income of the people of this region that every year for two months
of planting and harvesting this golden crop to more than 10 thousand people to They are directly employed.
Emphasizing that the monopoly of quality production of the world’s best saffron product is in the possession of this city, he added:
Of course, in this way, droughts and depletion of water resources are the most important obstacles to farm development and continued
employment of citizens.
The official in charge of reforming irrigation methods, using technology,
crop insurance and supporting saffron growers as the most important tasks of the city’s jihad-agriculture.
Emphasizing that the profit from the fluctuations of the dollar price on the saffron market goes to foreigners, he continued:
Currently, more than 93% of saffron is exported to different countries in packages.
The head of plant production of Jihad Keshavarzi Rashtkhar said:
Currently, the largest share of Iranian saffron exports to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Spain.
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