Cultivation of red gold in 57000 hectares of farms in Khorasan Razavi
Dr. Tabatabai, head of the Khorasan-e-Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization, referring to the allocation of special funds for saffron production as a strategic and export product, said: Considering the naming of this year as the year of national production, support of Iranian labor and capital , we believe that Production of saffron as a strategic and valuable product should be given more attention so that the added value of this product leads to strengthening the financial capacity of saffron growers; Therefore, in this regard, the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization has allocated 10% of the assets acquisition credits for the implementation of the comprehensive saffron program.
He continued: Development and promotion of ideal saffron farms, supporting saffron onion breeding farms, improving the level of mechanization knowledge of producers, establishing onion distribution and sales terminals, improving saffron farms irrigation methods and standard onion production are just some of the programs implemented in the field Production of red gold.
Referring to security measures to prevent the transfer of saffron onions to this valuable genetic reserve, Tabatabai said: With the joint cooperation of law enforcement and the provincial anti-currency smuggling headquarters, onions are transferred out of the province or onions are exported to neighboring countries. It is prevented and its transfer in the province is done by observing the rules and instructions sent through this organization.
Engineer Ghodsi, director of horticulture of Khorasan Razavi Agricultural Jihad Organization, also stated: out of 57000 hectares of saffron fields in Khorasan Razavi province, about 196 tons of saffron were harvested, which is equivalent to 76% of the total production of this product in Iran.
He predicted that this year, with the application of new research and scientific methods and appropriate rainfall last year, the amount of production in the absence of early autumn frosts and untimely rainfall will have a proper growth compared to last year and considering the export and valuation of this product We hope that with the wisdom of the producers and the support of the exporters, the exploiters of this sector will get a good income.
Regarding the employment rate of saffron, he announced: each hectare of saffron with 220 people a day, a total of 57 thousand hectares, equivalent to 62 thousand and 700 people will create permanent employment in deprived areas of the province.
Ghodsi said about comparing the value of saffron with other products: Saffron in Khorasan Razavi during the 91-90 crop year, alone has produced 1.1 times more wheat, 5.7 times more than beets, 4.8 times more cotton and 15.8 times more alfalfa for the province, while benefiting from inputs It also leads to production and its added value goes to saffron farmers and exporters.
The director of horticulture of Khorasan-e-Razavi Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization announced and emphasized the amount of red gold exchange rate in 1390 as $ 409 million:
Nominal engineer, expert in charge of saffron and medicinal plants of the organization’s horticultural management also stated: In the field of studies and research, in addition to developing a strategic plan, developing a national plan for improvement and processing and implementing several research projects on the agenda and implementing the ideal saffron plan And the reproduction of onions over 8 grams and the standardization plan of saffron onions achieved many practical results.
He continued: Based on the results obtained from ideal and traditional farms, the average yield of ideal farms in the first year is 3.3 times that of traditional farms. In addition, the survey and weighting of ideal farms over the past two and three years showed that the average of these farms Respectively 2.8 and 2.3 times more than traditional farms and supplementary studies calculating the average production in the first three years of ideal farms show that the average results of these farms is 6.1 kg per hectare.Cultivation of red gold in 57000 hectares of farms in Khorasan Razavi
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