Cold Damage to Saffron in Iran
Birjand – The unprecedented cold and freezing of last week in South Khorasan caused damage to saffron farms and bruises of saffron under cold flames.
Mehr News Agency – Governorate: A long time ago, it was winter, and the snow and rain that followed the hot summer of thirsty earth, and hoped for the hearts of farmers who were hoping for the winter weather.
It’s now over the years that winter is not a combination of snow and rain for farmers, but it’s the cause of the cold flames that hit the trees and their crops.
For nearly two decades now, the people of southern Khorasan have been waiting for their heavenly creatures, which each year gets worse for them. But now, after two decades, not only winter is not the snow and rain for the people, but every year they destroy their products with the cold and frost.
South Khorasan people witnessed a cold over the past week, according to statistics in the past 25 years, and the coincidence of this cold with the season of harvesting red gold in the province caused a large part of the farmer’s products to disappear.
A cold slap on the face of saffron in southern Khorasan
One of the saffron, Ferdowsi’s talk in the seal, pointing to the fact that the cold has caused the loss of saffron flowers, said cold has dropped the flower harvest from 12 kilos to three kilos last week.
Javad Hajizadeh continued, “Even the flowers that were picked are frozen and the flowers are bruised.”
He said that about 9 years ago, the people of the province had experienced this cold, but the cold was worse this year, saying that it was cold with snow and rain, but this year it was only cold without rainfall in the city. This coldness Dry is much worse.
Mohammadi, another saffron of Ferdos, also said in an interview with Mehr, referring to the cold damage to the saffron flowers of the city, said cold caused the flowers to be cut and the remaining flowers could not be opened.
He continued: Last week I had to take the same flowers that I picked up because of frozen food.
An unprecedented cold in the last 25 years
Meteorological expert of Southern Khorasan also said in an interview with Mehr News Agency that some parts of the province experienced unprecedented weather during the past week, said the temperature survey shows that the cold of the Birjand, Qayin, Ferdows and Bashrooye cities during this period Has been a record.
Reza Burhani continued, “The information indicates that this cold has been unprecedented for at least 25 years.
He cited a 17-point drop in air in the city of Birjand last week and said: “The temperature in Birjand on Saturday was five degrees above zero, which reached 12 degrees below zero at night.”
Meteorological expert of South Khorasan continued: Also, last week, Cain with 14 degrees below zero was the coldest spot in the province.
A weather forecast for winter this year also said: weather forecasts do not show good conditions in the winter, and precipitation rates are normal and less than normal.
He added: the temperature also shows the average temperature is normal and more than normal.
Damage to 700 hectares of saffron farms
The Director General of the South Ossetian Governor’s Crisis in a conversation with Mehr correspondent reported on the damage to cold and frost to 700 hectares of saffron fields in the province and said: “Because of the sharp decline in temperature last week, saffron farms suffered from 10 to 30 percent damage.
Abu al-Hassan Mirjalili added: “In addition, some agricultural products, including eggplant and tomato, have been exploited with a chilling effect.
He said: According to warnings about the sharp drop in temperature from the previous week to infrastructure, nomad, and agriculture, and other devices, and given that most of the province’s products were harvested, damage to other crops was very low. .
Director General of the Southern Khorasan Governor’s Crisis, stressing the full readiness to deal with cold and frost, said: “Because of the warnings given to farmers before the frost, as well as the updating of machinery in the greenhouses, other crops and infrastructure, major damage We have not
Mirjili said that along with these, the crisis management councils from September to October this year, in cooperation with the trustees of the teams, visited the flood gates, roads, protective walls and water collection channels in order to prevent accidents We have no problem in this regard.
He pointed to the 17-year drought in the province and said: “Due to droughts and the destruction of vegetation in all parts of the province, soil permeability has declined sharply.
The Director General of the South Khorasan Governor’s Crisis continued: “This has led to a slight flood of rain or flood in the normal course of the flood.”
He urged people to take warnings and warnings seriously: Most of the people who lost their lives due to the flood and frost in recent years have been neglected due to their warnings and their negligence.
Agricultural Jihad recommendations to farmers in the province
Although farmers have no choice but to tolerate this cold, the chairman of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization has recommendations to reduce the damage.
The chairman of the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of South Khorasan, in an interview with Mehr News Agency, described the spraying as one of the ways to cope with cold and frost for saffron farms and said: Spraying with high potassium fertilizers to plant firmness and resistance to cold and factors Helps the environment badly.
Hashim Valipur Motlagh continued, “During irrigations, if possible, irrigate the field as irrigation prevents the freezing of saffron during ice hours.
He also emphasized on the necessity of taking necessary measures to repair the cover, equipping heating systems and providing fuel for greenhouses to adjust the temperature and humidity of greenhouses and mushroom cultivation halls. He said: using frost protection equipment such as garden hearths and coating on young stem seedlings Another action to be taken.
The head of the Khorasan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization said: “In addition, harvesting of products of vegetable and seafood fields such as onions, potatoes, tomatoes and horticultural products will be expedited and transferred to standard warehouses.
But Pour stated: Also, given the continued harvesting of barberry until mid-December, gardeners are advised to plant barberry crop after harvesting in the areas.
He stated that in the gardens of pistachio prune after harvest, and pruned wood as a trap for cockroach beetles in parts of the garden to be put into groups, stated: Fighting weeds of potatoes and onions in the southern and tropical regions at hours Without a wind blowing, the fight against white flies should be avoided to prevent the transmission of viral diseases.
The head of the Khorasan Jihad Agriculture Organization added: To fight bacterial canker in the trees, after the fall of leaves, spraying with copper chloride oxide and under the supervision of agricultural experts.
According to the statistics, in the current year the rainfall in the province has decreased by about 90%, and this decrease in rainfall along with cold every year has caused great damage to South Khorasan farmers, and there is no choice but to pray for rain, although attention The warnings and recommendations given in this field can partly reduce the volume of damages.
In addition to this, the government can reduce the burden of agricultural damage by expanding agricultural insurance.
source: mehrnews /com
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