Growing Saffron in a Greenhouse Is Not Economical
Growing saffron in a greenhouse is technically possible, but technical success does not prove that a commercial project will be economical. The original Lorestan report ... Read More...
Production of 16 kg of saffron in Siahkal city
Production of 16 kg of saffron in Siahkal city was forecast in a 2021 local agricultural report. The announcement described 10 hectares in 32 villages ... Read More...
Iranian saffron, hero of drought control
“Iranian saffron, hero of drought control” was the phrase Behzad Sadeghi used at a conference on saffron literature and history at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. ... Read More...
Twice as much saffron based on research findings
Saffron yield research in the Mashhad region found that corms planted from 5 June to 5 July performed better than later planting in that trial. ... Read More...
Annual harvest of more than 3 kg of saffron in Khorasan Razavi province
Annual harvest of more than 3 kg of saffron in Khorasan Razavi province referred to average dry-saffron yield per hectare, not the province’s total crop. ... Read More...
Can Gilan’s plains produce larger saffron corms?
Gilan’s plains were tested as a place to multiply saffron corms, not as the province’s preferred area for flowering and spice production. An archived field ... Read More...
42 hectares of Kurdistan lands are dedicated to saffron cultivation
In a 2021 provincial update, 42 hectares of Kurdistan lands were dedicated to saffron cultivation. The more precise figure was 42 hectares and 500 square ... Read More...
Ghaenat Saffron ID Card Should Be Compiled
The call to compile a Ghaenat saffron ID card was a call to define the product behind the place name: where it comes from, which ... Read More...
A Malayer saffron grower on starting small and managing rodents
Mojtaba Taheri’s route into saffron cultivation in Malayer began with research and a 1,000-square-metre trial—not a large commercial planting. His first autumn flowers gave him ... Read More...
Production forecast of 67 kg of red gold (saffron) in Gilan
The archived 67 kg saffron forecast in Gilan implied an average yield of about 3.05 kilograms per hectare and a gross value near 251 million ... Read More...