Saffron production cuts because of the cold

Ali Hosseini said in an interview with ISNA said 24 provinces are involved in about 96 percent of its saffron production in Khorasan Razavi and South Khorasan production and area under cultivation in these two provinces to more than 90 thousand hectares in the year now that the average harvest of 3.5 to four tonnes per hectare crop production is anticipated to more than 360 tons of saffron this year.

He added that due to the cold wave that saffron is harvested late in the season to hit the provinces of Khorasan, production fell but still there is no accurate statistics of the harvest and production of saffron and the Ministry of Agriculture the Custodian of the production of the agricultural products should produce detailed statistics to announce as soon as possible so that people know the buyers and exporters to market the product planning for the future, but is thought to have been produced in the country this year, more than 300 tons of saffron.

30 percent increase in the price of saffron with a program to improve the quality and Identify

Member of the National Assembly continued Saffron: Saffron plan to improve the quality and Identify who in four years from 1390 to 1393 by the National Council of saffron and to help the owners such as the Ministry of Agriculture, governments and implemented, led to quality this product is in 100 villages selected high enough to be believable saffron domestic and foreign merchants and manufacturers to increase the price of this product to 30 percent in favor.

Hosseini said before the project price per kilogram of saffron purchased from farmers about three million USD, which eventually was associated with fluctuating around 100 dollars over the years and always felt operating losses of its production, but after the project saffron prices to around four million and 600 thousand dollars in normal quality saffron produced in the framework of this project was to pound five million and 800 thousand dollars a feeling of full satisfaction of the producer involved and the saffron production in spite of higher cost than other types of there are many customers in the country and never left the hands of the manufacturer.

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He added: Identify all the design and quality of saffron should immediately be implemented in the country since the implementation of the project on a smaller scale in the past years showed that Iran is the only country with the quality of saffron can in the world of production and supply the nationalization of Iran’s plan a step ahead of its competitors and makes throws to increase the purchase price of saffron farmers, producers do not value the feeling of loss.

Saffron National Council said in addition to the construction plan saffron stations in every village and providing us with the tools and equipment needed such as saffron Drying devices, numerous trainings for farmers were harvesting to processing the product to the same factors led to those who participated in these courses promoters in their home and in the following year instead of a control station set up several stations in each village to help the villagers themselves were saffron.