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Prediction of harvesting more than 200 kg of saffron from Semnan farms

The Horticulture Department of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of Semnan Province announced the harvest of 204 kg of saffron
from the farms under cultivation of this crop in the province.

Lotfollah Rezaei added:
Saffron harvest has started in mid-November from 68 hectares of farms in the province,
which lasts about a month and it is estimated that about three kilograms of crop will be harvested from each hectare.

He stated:
Shahroud city with about 40 hectares of land under cultivation of this product has the highest level of saffron cultivation in the province.

Director of Horticulture of Jihad Agricultural Organization, referring to the position of Iranian saffron in the world and the importance
of the issue in terms of onion transportation, stated:
The origin of all saffron in the world is from Iran and to prevent the export of saffron onions from the country as the primary
including Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, according to the instructions of the specialized offices of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture.

Rezaei pointed out:
Any movement of saffron onions between provinces in the country requires an official request from the destination province and final approval
from the province of origin, and according to this instruction.

He added:
is a factor that has caused saffron in the province’s cultivation pattern chain not to suffer from water shortage.
And according to the mentioned cases, the province is prone to develop the cultivation of this product.