Increasing saffron cultivation in Rafsanjan to more than 35 hectares
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Rafsanjan city said:
by the end of last year, the area under saffron cultivation in this city has become 35 hectares,
and this year we bought 40 tons of saffron onions for new cultivation.
Hossein Rezaei, referring to the problems in terms of water and climatic conditions, including pistachios,
and every year they damage this strategic product of the region, said:
Therefore, turning to alternative products and greenhouse crops is the way to save the city’s economy and employment along with industry.
He said:
Greenhouse cultivation has flourished very well and good greenhouses have been established in different areas of the city,
so that we have issued licenses for 82,000 square meters for the Kashkuyeh area,
and in total we have issued licenses for 33,000 hectares of greenhouses in the whole city. Doubles.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Rafsanjan city, referring to the increase in saffron cultivation area in prone areas such as Raviz,
Khonaman, Sarcheshmeh, etc, added:
By the end of last year, the saffron cultivation area reached 35 hectares and we bought 40 tons of onions for this year.
He pointed to the high economic justification of barberry and Mohammadi flowers in the region and acknowledged:
But it must be acknowledged that in the Rafsanjan plain there is no better product than pistachios.
Rezaei pointed out:
Breeding heavy and light livestock, especially breeding livestock and medicinal plants,
which is a prone area, can help the city’s economy along with pistachios.
He continued by saying that in the discussion of greenhouses, our focus should be on exports:
the income of greenhouses in some places is seven or eight times that of pistachios,
the Islamic Azad University of Rafsanjan is going to carry out one hectare of hydroponic greenhouse cultivation.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Rafsanjan city pointed to the good fishing capacity in this city and said:
We have fresh trout fresh fish ready to enter the market in Lotfabad and this industry has a high profitability.
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