Iran produces 94 percent of the world’s saffron

Iran produces 94 percent of the world’s saffron

Iran produces 94 percent of the world’s saffron
The director of the department for the development of herbs technology said that 94 percent of the world’s saffron grows in Iran, and Iran’s only rival in this field is 800,000 hectares, due to the fact that some of the active ingredients of this plant are not created in this country, The plant has stopped.

Medicinal plants are herbs with one or some of their organs containing an active ingredient, ISNA reports. According to statistics, there are about 8,000 plant species in Iran, of which 2,300 are aromatic and medicinal plants.

With the cultures today, attention has grown to traditional medicine and herbs. According to Mohammad Hassan Extar, the secretary of the Department of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine of the Vice-Chancellor of Science in the conversation with ISNA, in the second decade of the revolution, only 138 herbal medicines were registered on the official list of the Ministry of Health, which was 938 in 2012 The pen came in this list, up from 100% in August, up to 1713 herbal medicines.

He numbered the number of medications and products of traditional medicine from 121 items until the end of the year 91 to 746 to 95% of the drug mark and said: Per capita consumption of herbal medicines in pharmacies has risen from 1.5% to 4%, while some cultivars Of the herbs in the last four years, including saffron, the Nanaian and Chatejran family, Zereshk and Golmohammadi, increased from 128,000 hectares to more than 40 percent to 181,000 hectares.

Extract According to the fact that in the past exports in this field were crude medicinal plants, it was noted: According to statistics before the revolution, the export of raw materials of medicinal plants varies depending on the drought and the conditions of the drought, so that in some For years, 70 to 80, and in some years we have exported up to 180 million dollars, but according to the policies that have been adopted, it’s currently under $ 80 million.

The reason for this is the prevention of raw materials in medicinal herbs and the application of the laws on the restriction of harvesting of endemic plants in the country, and continued: By enforcing the restrictions on the harvest of medicinal plants, the country’s extinction is now at a rate 100 thousand hectares have been reduced harvesting from extinct plants, and this number should reach 800 thousand hectares based on the documents above.

According to him, the export of sweet and sour milk has been prohibited, and the harvest has been prohibited, and according to our estimates, we have already exported from our country 35 to 40 million dollars worth of sweetened products.

The secretary of the department for the development of science and technology of herbs continued: Iran is the fifth country in the field of export of medicinal plants, which are located after China, India, Korea and Turkey.

Development of cultivar of medicinal herbs

The secretary of the Department for the Development of Technology of Medicinal Herbs described saffron as the king of medicinal herbs and reminded: given that this plant is a water-insoluble plant, we have been developing the cultivation of saffron in the country so that the following level The plant cultivated from 77,300 hectares in 1991 to 96,000 hectares in 94 years.

The extract emphasized the necessity of quantitative and qualitative development of saffron cultivation, “We have been able to export some saffron products for the first time for $ 8 million in recent years.

According to him, 94 percent of the world’s saffron grows in Iran, and in the past Spain has been cultivating 800,000 hectares, but because of the fact that some of its active ingredients were not established in Spain, it stopped cultivating it. Made

The extract was noted: the active ingredient of Alzheimer’s drug is extracted.

Increasing the capacity of producing various herbal medicines in the country

The secretary of the headquarters for the development of technology of herbs and traditional medicine, pointing to an increase in the official capacity of various types of human medicines, added livestock: the nominal capacity of these herbal and pill, cream, syrup and capsule originates from 300 million in 1992 to 570 million The number has reached 94 years. In addition, the nominal capacity of essential oils and plant extracts has increased from 122 thousand tons in 1992 to 183 thousand tons in 183 industrial and industrial units in 1994.

Extract With the emphasis on estimates of $ 38- $ 40 million over the past few years, Gulmhemdi Essential Oil has been released, adding: “Iran has the world’s first global cultivar.

He said that after Iran, Bulgaria is the second largest producer of flowers of Mohammadi with 2,000 hectares, but the country is investing heavily on essential oils, but we are focusing on traditional rosewood products. We got

The need to pay attention to the capacities of medicinal plants of the country

This activist in the field of medicinal herbs and traditional medicine emphasized the need to change the route from the traditional system to the industrial system in the field of medicinal plants, said: Iran has many capacities in the field of medicinal plants, so that the country ranked first in the production of pomegranates Due to the presence of a valuable ingredient in pomegranate skin, it is anticipated that in the future pomegranate peel will be high in value, hence it should be invested in this field.

He mentioned the province of Fars province as one of the country’s other capacities. He added: “If we are to export knowledge, its path is a resistance economy, so we have to produce high-value products.”

In order to present the achievements of the country’s researchers in this field, the third exhibition and festival of medicinal herbs and traditional medicine will begin today, Monday, September 15, and will continue until September 18th in Mosala, Imam Khomeini.

source: isna /ir