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Khorasan Razavi is the largest producer of saffron in the world

Reza Jamshidi, a reporter at Mashhad’s Chamber of Commerce’s Saffron National Board of Directors, said: About 96 percent of Iran’s saffron is produced in Iran, with over 90 percent being produced in Khorasan-e Razavi and South Africa, and 550,000 Livelihoods sector.

Deputy Governor of Khorasan Razavi Governor’s Planning Center stated that although the level of saffron is less than wheat but has higher value added, it has been stated that in Khorasan-e-Sazar, about 61 thousand hectares of land are under cultivation of saffron and its production per hectare is about 3.1 grams and production Every year there are 200 people, the first province in the country and the highest in the world in terms of production.

Jamshidi noted that last year 123 tons of saffron worth $ 375 million were exported from Khorasan-e-Zazi province, with 43 licensed processing units operating in the province.

He said: “The productivity of Khorasan-razavi’s employment is 24 percent in agriculture, but 13 percent of Khorasan-e Azadi’s economic activity comes from the agricultural sector.”

Deputy Director General of Khorasan-e-Zazi Governor’s Office, referring to the problems facing Saffron, said: Traditional cultivation, a small area of ​​land, many of which are under one hectare, and the insurance of this valuable product is a problem in the production of saffron.

Jamshidi added that inadequate research findings, lack of packaging, working capital of the units, lack of advertising to the desired extent, and export of flasks are among the most important problems and barriers to development and expansion of saffron exports.

He noted: To overcome the existing barriers, we need the support and assistance of the national authorities, but we should not rely solely on national aid and, with the help of the private sector and parliamentarians, find appropriate solutions to the problems of the province’s export goods.

Deputy Governor of Khorasan Razavi Governor stated that Khorasan Razavi governorate, with its maximum authority in the framework of the law, will help to expand the export of saffron to the Saffron National Council.

source: yjc /ir