Dutch investors applicant saffron production in marand

IRNA reported on Tuesday , Taqi Karami said in a meeting with foreign delegates from the Netherlands added that five people are currently in the township 115 hectares of agricultural land to grow saffron allocated is developed this year, 1399 300 hectares of the solar system .
Karami said at last year’s township marand with 400 kg of saffron production by 198 saffron farmers , as a bumper crop this pole in north – west of the country .
Special provincial governor marand said the township on the purchase of the Netherlands green onions saffron , giving land saffron and its exports in the name of township marand and processing under license to the Netherlands is ready to co – operate.
chairman of the five – member country investors Holland said. The delegation’s visit to marand aimed at boosting cooperation in regard with crops like water consumption and Golmohamadi saffron .
Robert vander Tong / Robert vander tang / added : According to research conducted and the high quality of saffron marand in the fields , the country is ready to co – operate in the field of saffron cultivation increases in the township .
the world – of – the – art technology in the Netherlands on saffron cultivation , ” he said, noting that co – operation, if one can see a three – fold increase in the township marand the crop .
he forTraditional saffron cultivation in marand pointed green onions saffron marand : in the traditional way takes seven years , but with the implementation of the industrial farming methods in the township green onions saffron can be in a long time, less than a year and has seen an increase in the production of the product in marand expensive .
He said the crop production in the Netherlands due to continuous rainfall is faced with the problem , but saffron Holland during the year, 23 countries around the world .
The delegation visiting farms in the city of saffron bonab marand and floriculture Mohammadi, these products in the high level of quality assessed and the participation of most of the two countries in the exchange of information in the field of agriculture .
marand with about 240 thousand of the population in 71 km from Tabriz , the capital of East Azerbaijan .