Planting saffron in Sirjan city
According to the provincial youth club of young journalists from Kerman, Mahmoodabadi, Director of Agricultural Jihad in Sirjan, said the cultivation area of this crop in the city is currently 83 hectares, and in 1995, the development of new crop of saffron Ha.
He stated that the time of planting saffron is due to the availability of planting conditions from June to mid-month of October and the harvesting time in terms of weather and soil since early November, adding that the production rate in 1995 is about 170 kilograms And the yield of saffron is variable with respect to the soil and climate of the region between 3 and 5 kg, and the average yield of the product is about 3.2 kg ha-1, the highest yield in the city was 5 kg dry matter per hectare.
Mahmoud Abadi pointed out that by providing educational classes in the county and individual training of farmers and providing the appropriate instructions and brochures, the field of encouraging farmers to plant saffron has been added, thus, the conditions for increasing the level of planting of this product are provided and A great deal of encouragement has been made by the farmers, which will be implemented in the event of financial support.
Referring to the fact that in 1995, 78 cases were filed at the 81.5-hectare level of the National Development Fund’s funds to receive a loan from Saffron to the Agricultural Bank, but acknowledged that: Unfortunately, only 5 people managed to receive the facilities and farmers Saffron bulbs are planted from the surface of the city, and in order to prepare it, the farmers who are involved in the work are coordinated.
Director of Agricultural Jihad in Sirjan, at the end of one of the problems hindering the attraction of facilities by farmers applying for cultivation of saffron, said that the facility was granted in installments that did not meet the basic costs, such as preparing land and buying onions, and The high profits of the facility and the need for multiple guarantees or bail are among the other problems of Sirjan saffron.
source: yjc /ir
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