Harvesting 70 kg of saffron in Khalkhal city
Behbood Alizadeh stated:
This year, due to the good weather conditions in Khalkhal city,
farmers and agricultural operators in Shahroud and Khorshorostam districts harvested more than 70 kg of saffron.
He added:
Due to the cold, dry, hot and Caspian climate of the region and the fact that the cold days of the year in Khalkhal
in late summer with the arrival of autumn are high, the growth of this crop is significant and the onions planted are a good product for farmers.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Khalkhal city stated:
the quality of city saffron is equal to that of Ghaenat and Mashhad saffron,
this product can compete with products all over the country.
Alizadeh said:
Saffron onion is one of the onions with high life and high productivity that has been practiced for more than 5 years in cold regions
and in Khalkhal city, the advice and priority of agricultural jihad experts in the field of planting agricultural and horticultural crops,
improving planting pattern, planting low crops Water is high value added.
Khalkhal city is located at 37 degrees and 7 minutes to 37 degrees and 56 minutes north latitude and also 48 degrees and 1 minute to 48 degrees and 54 minutes east longitude.
The height of the city center from the sea level is about 1800 meters.
The area of this city is about 3980 square kilometers, its length from north to south is about 120 kilometers
and its width varies from 48 to 90 kilometers.
Currently, access to Khalkhal is through the famous Islam-Khalkhal tourist road from the east (75 km),
Ardabil to Khalkhal road from the north (115 km) and the middle road to Khalkhal in the west.
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