Planting Saffron in Bakhzar
Hasan Mozzaire added: “The cultivation area of saffron in Bakerz district is 3,500 hectares, which comes from five hectares of saffron, one hectare.”
He said the city, as one of the agricultural poles of Khorasan Razavi, has a 9 percent share of the province and 6 percent of the country in producing saffron.
He denied the lack of packaging and processing industries as one of the most important problems of Bakhorz saffron, adding: “Every year, starting from harvesting season, due to the lack of conversion and processing industries, saffroners in the region have to sell their products for less to brokers or buy saffron To separate the head of the flower to neighboring cities, this will reduce the profit of the farmers.
Bakhorz Agricultural Jihad Director added: 100% of saffron farms in this city are organic and about five thousand exploiters are active in this field.
source: yjc /ir
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