Saffron market mafia?
Saffron market mafia? That was the question put behind a 2016 interview with exporter Masoud Sabbaghzadeh. His answer was no: he attributed the price swings ... Read More...
Red Gold is not a luxury
“Red Gold is not a luxury” was Gholamhossein Shafei’s way of describing saffron as a strategic crop rather than an ornamental extra. In a 2016 ... Read More...
Iran’s continuation of a red gold silver
“Iran’s continuation of a red gold silver” is the awkward surviving headline of a 2016 report about saffron returning to the Iran Mercantile Exchange. The ... Read More...
Development of knowledge based industries for grow up saffron in Iran
Knowledge-based saffron development begins with suitable fields and continues through clean processing, testing, traceability and market-ready packaging. Developing knowledge-based saffron industries in Namin means building ... Read More...
Mechanized harvesting saffron to favor production
“Mechanized harvesting saffron to favor production” was the central argument in a 2015 Khorasan Razavi agriculture briefing. Engineer Sabour Bilandi, then the province’s deputy for ... Read More...
Saffron for Pain and Inflammation: What Research Shows
Saffron’s pain and inflammation evidence ranges from laboratory mechanisms to small human trials, with no basis for replacing standard care. Saffron shows anti-inflammatory and pain-related ... Read More...
World record saffron protective effect against toxins, acrylamide by investigators
Research on crocin and acrylamide has produced an animal-study signal, not a proven protective treatment for people. Mashhad researchers found that crocin, a major saffron ... Read More...
Cheaters caught red gold market calm in the future
“Cheaters caught, red gold market calm in the future” was the hopeful message of a 2015 Iranian saffron-market report. Ali Hosseini, then identified as a ... Read More...
Iranian saffron and pests without pesticides
Iranian saffron and pests without pesticides can coexist, but only when “without pesticides” describes a documented production system rather than a broad marketing claim. Saffron ... Read More...
26 hectares of agricultural land planted saffron Zanjan
26 hectares of agricultural land planted saffron Zanjan was the central finding of a provincial agriculture report published in January 2016. Behnam Ojaqlou, Zanjan's director ... Read More...