Proposal to plant saffron in Fars province
Reducing the crop and planting of agricultural crops with low water consumption is one of the important strategies in the years of the Crisis in the province of Fars and is considered as an old drought injury in this province.
According to the Tasnsim news agency of Shiraz, for nearly 10 years, the drought has hit Fars province and in different parts of the country. In this situation, implementation of scientific and expert projects aimed at optimal use of available resources, especially water and soil, is a necessity.
According to agricultural experts, one of the products that is considered to be a major threat to drought in Fars province is the cultivation of saffron in the implementation of the plan for changing the pattern of cultivation. A plant with low water consumption and high economic incomes is somehow tied to wheat stalks, which are high-water products in Fars province.
Saffron is a valuable herb and the most expensive plant on earth, the red rose gold that is sold and sold instead of tons, kilograms and grams, and every day it comes to at least 24 thousand tomans.
Estahban province is one of the cultivars of saffron cultivation in Fars province, with 85 percent of saffron production in Fars province, which can be planted to expand and plant this low-energy plant.
Saffron does not need water in the summer
In this regard, a specialist responsible for horticulture of Jihad-e-Agriculture in Estahban, in an interview with Tasnim, said: “The city of Estahban has about 500 hectares of land under cultivation of saffron and allocated more than 85 percent of the cultivated area as the pole of producing red gold in the province. Are.
Nasser Ranjbar added: “Saffron does not need water at all, and in the fall and winter, rain will irrigate the crop and require very little water during the year.”
He said: “The plant has not been re-cultivated for at least 10 years after being planted and produced, and every year it can be taken with the necessary protection from that product,” he said.
Ranjbar pointed out: “With a clear planning, it is possible to grow saffron cultivation in different years in Fars province to achieve a suitable crop pattern change using low-water products.
He added: “Depositary farmers today have more than 50 years of experience in the cultivation of jailbreak, and 9 Fars province cities have recently joined this cultivation pattern.
The implementation of the comprehensive Saffron cultivating plan calls for government credit and support
The expert on medicinal plants of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of Fars province, said in an interview with Tasnim: Today, the provinces of Estahban, Sepidan, Eghlid, Safashahr, Bavanat, Abadeh, Marvdasht, Firouzabad, Fasa and Shiraz are saffron producers in Fars province.
Heshmatollah Sadeghi pointed out the necessity of changing the crop pattern: the emphasis on planting low-water crops has caused the area of saffron in Fars province to reach 600 hectares this year.
Sadeghi stated that the saffron plant in the seasons of the year, including the summer, in which the plants need high water, is asleep and does not need water. He pointed out that this plant only requires two to three irrigation steps annually and it is necessary to develop the plant With the support and work done in the program.
Referring to the fact that the cost of cultivating one hectare of saffron is about 20 million toomans, today the problem of farmers is the provision of capital and should be prioritized with the support of the government and the Ministry of Agriculture in the form of various projects, including subsidies for the supply of their saffron bulbs.
Sadeghi, referring to the fact that harvesting of saffron in Fars province has been completed about a week, said: According to the latest statistics of last year, 530 hectares of Fars province cultivated saffron, of which 410 hectares are located in Estahban.
An expert on medicinal plants of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of Fars province said that in the new year, the development of saffron cultivation in Fars province was planned to be 630 hectares. Last year, one thousand and 600 kg of saffron were harvested, which predicted the harvest of this year two thousand and 300 kg Is.
He said: One thousand 600 kg of saffron harvested in Fars province last year was harvested one thousand and 300 kilograms in Estahban city.
An expert on medicinal herbs from the Fars Jihad Organization said: “Increasing the level of saffron cultivation due to drought and economic boom in a three year plan is expected to be one thousand hectares, but its implementation has requirements that should be supported by provincial and agricultural agriculture officials with objectives Desired.
According to Tasnim, due to the drought situation and water scarcity in Fars province, cultivation of saffron is the best alternative to cultivation, and this should be prioritized by the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad programs in order to provide farmers with the resources and facilities they need to encourage saffron development. Made
The plant, which is estimated to have about 150 billion Rials of annual income in Fars province, is exported to foreign markets such as the Gulf states, Spain, Germany, France, China, Japan and South Korea.
The benefits of cultivating this lucrative plant, along with drought resistance and low water requirements, have contributed to a 100-hectare increase in this plant in Fars this year compared to last year.
Report from Ali Shahsavan
source: tasnimnews /com
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