Increased planting of saffron in Natanz
Natanz, head of the Natanz Jihad Department of Agriculture, said that over the past 10 years, we have seen more than fourfold growth in saffron cultivation in Natanz.
The main activities of the Agricultural Jihad in the field of development of medicinal plant cultivation include two parts, the first part of which is the commercialization of a series of cultivation of medicinal plants in nature, according to the reporter of Mehr, Abdolreza Mehdi Badi, on Thursday afternoon in a gathering of media commentators. Which has not yet been commercialized, and the second part is related to the development of plant cultivation, which is the result of the first part of the study.
He pointed out that the development of cultivation of medicinal plants, such as saffron, golmohammadi, cumin, penny pepper and qodumeh, was noted, among which the cultivated area of saffron during the last 10 years had a growth rate of more than Four times.
Head of the Agricultural Jihad Department of Natanz continued: “The city of Natanz is still ranked first in the province as the main reason for the desire of farmers to cultivate saffron, its economic value and the need for the plant to water.
He emphasized: One of the most important issues in the cultivation of medicinal plants is its healthy and organic, since the production of medicinal plants through the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers destroys the value and medicinal properties of the plant, which agricultural Jihad on the issue of organic cultivation of plants Medicine has a serious planning.
Mahdi Badi, referring to the cultivation of flowers of Mohammadi and the activities of Arabic factories, added: The cultivar under the cultivation of Mohammadi flowers in the city is about 90 hectares, due to the low water requirement of this plant, the speed of its cultivation along with the cultivation of other medicinal plants such as mint, cumin , Shatrah and this type of plants have led to the construction of seven traditional workshops for the production of flavors and in addition to these traditional workshops, in the field of conversion industries, the license of the operation of a semi-industrial unit and an industrial packing unit of agricultural products that exported their activities in the year Will begin now.
He further said: “Given the fact that the development of medicinal plant cultivation accompanied by an increase in employment in this field, the Agricultural Jihad, in addition to the facilities granted by other machinery for the creation of jobs, was attempted to grant concessional facilities for cultivation Medicinal plants, in addition to the coordination provided by the Natanz mobilization resilient force, provided more than 90% of the grant facilities in the field of resistance to medicinal plants such as saffron and Golmohammadi.
Head of the Agricultural Jihad Department of Natanz, on training and promoting the cultivation of medicinal plants at Natanz, stated: “Workshops are organized directly by the Agricultural Jihad and indirectly, in cooperation with other institutions and organizations, including the Crescent Redress, Welfare and Committees of Commitment on Public Education provide medicinal plants in different parts of the city.
He recalled that, with talks with the Natanz Department of Education, a field of medicinal herbs was set up in vocational schools, up to 30 graduates graduated from this field and engaged in the cultivation of medicinal plants.
source: mehrnews /com
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