Director of Agriculture said if the projects Armani saffron farms, the harvest will be doubled.
Mohammad Bagher Jahedi in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) – Khorasan region, the announcement said.All the traditional culture of dried saffron harvest is four kilograms per hectare value of this project was to double this figure is possible.
He said in order to promote saffron growers, now seven hectares of agricultural land in Medicinal Plant Research Center, Gonabad city ideal planting saffron is dedicated to projects that enhance the product, announced its preliminary results.
Jahedi said, with the aim of increasing the efficiency of production, support farmers and optimum use of land and water, saffron ideal planting scheme on the agenda and this trend will continue in the future.
Jahedi said, given that Gonabad city about 15-year-old is facing a drought and reduced water resources, especially agricultural,Saffron cultivation is economically feasible with traditional methods so farmers have turned to new methods and Their farms from subsistence to economic change.
He said the harvest Saffron: Saffron flower harvest this year in the city due to excessive heat in summer as well as fall about 10 days later than in previous years began and continues.
Director of Agriculture Yes, he said, plucking flowers in the city in 3500 hectares are currently ongoing and is expected to be harvested from each hectare is about four kilograms of dried saffron.
He added that this year, as well as two health treatment center Kakhak is active in more than 100 kilos daily goals for the sanitary processing.
Jahedi said cooperation with the National Council of saffron, the private sector, administration and management aid of Agriculture, saffron Three new centers in the city to build and launch.
He added that these centers in support of saffron farmers, economic building products and health products to consumers.
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