600 hectares of saffron fields thirsty Bardaskan
Bardaskan governor said more than 600 hectares of saffron fields Bardaskan thirsty.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region, ME Alfred pointed out that saffron harvest in the foothills near, said more than 600 hectares of farmland foothills area need to supply 2,500 households in the region are hoping to help authorities are.
Chairman of the Coordinating Council for Disaster Management Bardaskan that unfortunately due to the drought all fields and springs dry foothills area, and only the income of people in the area of saffron that if farmers did not get their saffron fields will be destroyed thirst thirst.
He said follow-up was conducted with the approval of the provincial and regional water drilling permits in the debt crisis for the city was taken and Agriculture and equipped to do this.
Alfred said currently there are no problems in terms of water supply, but to carry water tankers are needed to help managers in several sectors.
He said: If 10 water tankers are sent to the city over a period of 40 days by more than 4,000 water service, saffron fields foothills region will be spared.
He added that in this respect correspondence with Agriculture province, which unfortunately does not admit of Agriculture province and announced that the water supply to the saffron fields of Agriculture in connection with any application and no credit.
We have water, we do not have water tankers
He said if the authorities do not give the necessary support to this important saffron fields at the foot of desert thirst will be destroyed and we will see a migration of people to cities.
Bardaskan Agriculture Director said: 2500 Foothills area Bardaskan household income of saffron is only important if the executive is nearly 10 billion dollars Given the mountainous area farmers.
Haji Nejad added that the city is prepared to pay farmers 50 percent of the cost of water transportation and other costs to the state meet.
He pointed out that if the governor ordered 15 tankers to the city’s water supply and the power we do not have any problem within 40 days, saffron fields are irrigated.
Agriculture Director Bardaskan acreage to 3,500 hectares of saffron fields and said that this is likely due to the lack of rainfall in the spring and summer decline in saffron production have a high heat.
He also ideal plan saffron in more than 10 hectares in the city and said: saffron ideal project will cost 20 million USD per hectare if the city will continue funding the project.
Agricultural Organization does not have any plans for water supply saffron fields
MR holy, director of the Agriculture Horticulture Khorasan Razavi said the saffron fields related to water bodies and organization experts disagree with this plan does not have any budget for water supply to the saffron fields.
Agricultural Manager Agriculture Organization of Khorasan Razavi Saffron farms acreage in the province, with 65 thousand hectares and stated: Given that each year, between 4 and 5 thousand hectares of planted area Saffron fields are added in our forecast is that more than 250 saffron fields to be harvested.
He said the fact that a product saffron water over time will replace a number of crops.
Sacred stated: We are not in any way seek to increase the area under cultivation of saffron, but to seek to increase yield per hectare that could Alhamdulillah I mean saffron production from 3.2 ha to 3.8 ha will increase.
He said if farmers to work their expertise and advice of experts regarding their production per hectare could raise.
He also said that we are seeking a five-year production average of 8 to 10 kg saffron per hectare to increase.
The pollution in the world market.
He aim of the project as stated in the villages saffron sustainability: the project of planting saffron is harvested and science.
He started harvesting saffron from October until the first half of December in the province.
Get Social