Motivation for planting saffron in East Azarbaijan
Director of Horticulture of East Azarbaijan Agricultural Jihad Organization said: “The high water requirement of many saffron and the need for water when the other products do not need water is an important reason for increasing the level of saffron cultivation in the province.
Sa’daleh Eskandari, in an interview with the correspondent of the Tabriz Reporters Club, added: “Blue restrictions and
Drought and drought stresses have not affected the increase of Saffron’s area in the province.
He pointed out that producers in Marand city allocated 75 hectares to saffron and allocated the largest production in East Azarbaijan.
Referring to saffron model cultivation in several counties, Eskandari said: saffron is planted in Tabriz, Oskoo, Azarshahr and Shabestar cities, and if cultivated, the saffron will be cultivated in the next few years.
He emphasized: “Entrepreneurship for harvesting, along with the cost-effectiveness of saffron, is a kind of expression of national production, support for Iranian labor and wealth.”
source: yjc /ir
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