Asadabadis produce saffron once a year
The director of Jihad-e-Agriculture of Asadabad city of Hamadan province announced the forecast of harvesting more than 40 kg of saffron from the agricultural lands of this city in December of this year.
Socrates Birang stated: Saffron cultivation is one of the water-less, cost-effective and high value-added crops that in recent years with educational and extension classes in Hamadan province and Assadabad city has encouraged farmers to cultivate this product. have became.
He stated that 12 hectares of the city’s lands are dedicated to saffron cultivation this year, adding: The yield of each hectare of saffron cultivation area is between 3 to 6 kg of crop, which is why 40 kg of saffron is expected to be harvested in this city.
The director of Asadabad Jihad-e-Agriculture described the saffron cultivation season as mid-September and reminded: in Asadabad region, saffron can be harvested once a year from the saffron cultivation area in mid-November to December.
He enumerated the number of saffron cultivators in this city as 18 and specified: the most saffron cultivation lands in the city are 2.5 hectares and the majority of the area under cultivation of this crop is located in areas such as Chahardoli, Gonbaleh, Vandarabad and Asadabad area.
Saying that this year we have a new applicant in the discussion of saffron cultivation, Birang said: out of 18 saffron cultivators, 6 are women and 6 exploiters have used the facilities of the Farmers Support Fund to cultivate saffron.
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