Equivalent to one ton of dry saffron with 17,000 barrels of oil
The executive of the Oman Sea water transfer project said:One ton of dry saffron equals 17,000 barrels of oil in Iran’s economy.
Ali Abdollahi stated in the meeting of Khorasan Razavi Water Council, which was held at the governor’s office:
We believe that to achieve stability And water sustainability in the east of the country requires two wings of development and consumptionmanagement in resources.
A clear example of this is the city of Mashhad in consumption management And resources and line development, such as friendship, have helped solve the problem.
Regarding the Oman Sea water transfer project, he said:
In the east of the country, there are concerns about the evacuation of villages And we have an increasing population on the outskirts of big cities.
53% of fresh water is produced in the Middle East The main share belongs to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and our country’s share is half a percent.
Our country’s share of the water of the Oman Sea and the Persian Gulf was 6 liters per day, While the per capita harvest for Saudi Arabia and the UAE is currently 500 liters per day.
Abdullahi stated that Oman’s grand plan has several goals:
Establishing ownership of the sea share and withdrawing from the Oman Sea is one of these goals Given the predictions in water diplomacy, we are worried that we will not be able to do so in the future We can easily get the share of water withdrawal from the seas of the Persian Gulf and Oman.
The security of the country’s eastern borders is very important for evacuating towns and villages This plan will cover it.
The executive of the Oman Sea water transfer project added:
Sustainable drinking and industrial water supply, creating 200,000 job opportunities on the country’s eastern border, Migration and marginalization from big cities to industrial center, Economic prosperity in the east of the country, improving the environment,
Attention to the development of Makran beaches and the use of petrochemical and steel industries in Chabahar is one of the goals of this project.
He stated:
The study of the Oman project began on February 20, 1995, with the help of the Ministry of Energy and the Governorate Then, in 1996, with the help of the deputies, we determined the line of study in the budget bill of 1997 and 1998. The percentage of study progress is 82% That will reach 100% in a month.
Studies begin in Chabahar Bay. The transmission line routes include Chabahar-Iranshahr, Iranshahr-Zahedan, Zahedan-Birjand-Gonabad and Gonabad-Mashhad.
Abdullahi continued:
The cost of this project is four billion dollars and whatever investment comes to Mashhad, The cost increases. Profit rate for investment sector Considering the 11-year payback period and the 20-year operating period, 16% is estimated and stabilized.
The executive of the Oman Sea water transfer project added, The timeline for the operation of the line was as follows:
The first part will be used up to 35 million cubic meters, In 1403, the plan will go to the end of the line.
The final horizon of the plan is drawn in 1420, which will be 750 million cubic meters in three 250 million lines And the province’s share is 330 million cubic meters. Work is almost complete.
He pointed out that when the cost of water is three dollars in the region, it should be Let’s find a national way to make the economy more economically viable, he said.
We must be able to provide the government with the facilities it provides. Help make a win-win deal.
In this regard, a solution called the plan for economic prosperity and development in the east of the country With the focus on the saffron industry, we have joined the Oman water transfer plan.
Abdullahi pointed out:
At the Oman transmission line, we have the capacity called overhead capacity in the winter. In the summer because the price of water is high,
The government is asking for cities that are in short supply in the summer. Have a guaranteed purchase. The transmission capacity of our first line in the first phase is 250 million cubic meters. We have the potential for 150,000 hectares of agricultural land that can be allocated to saffron.
The executive of the Oman Sea water transfer project stated:
saffron is the only product It needs water in winter and does not need water in hot seasons. Only this cultivation can solve the problem in this case.
Our province has water, soil and air that can produce saffron. The area is bordered by three million hectares of potential agricultural land in the region That is a huge fortune.
He added:
Last year, we harvested 42 kilograms of saffron per hectare. We also had 270 tons of saffron in 1997. Spain and the UAE buy our saffron.
We produce 88% of the world’s saffron But our economic share is 3.5 percent. One ton of dry saffron equals 17,000 barrels of oil in the country’s economy. Saffron is not easily sanctioned because it has a medicinal and nutritional basis And everyone needs it.
In the face of the threat posed to the oil sector, Oil can be converted into electricity, It provided fresh water And it turned it into an opportunity to produce saffron.
Abdullahi said:
The government is supposed to help us in the national land sector, 150,000 hectares of land that we took from the government In exchange for the drinking water sector, we will adjust the price so that it is drastically reduced. Saffron’s revenue is $ 7 billion per kilo on average in 5 years.
The average annual exchange rate, regardless of the packaging, processing and processing industry, with 30% water recycling for 150,000 hectares and 90 million water, It generates $ 5.1 billion in annual revenue and creates jobs for one million people.
The executor of the Oman Sea water transfer project clarified about the benefits of implementing the saffron project:
Easy saffron storage, easy transport, Two to three times the revenue of oil prices even in the face of sanctions. Organizing water transfer capacity from Oman, Impossibility of boycotting saffron exports, more lucrative and profitable cultivation,
No need to export raw saffron at low prices,
The advantages of this design are very high economic efficiency, no need to own land and very easy maintenance conditions.
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