The production of 172 kg of Saffron massacre this year
Deputy Manager of horticulture of the rural livelihood organization province said the forecast for the current crop year 172 kg of Saffron are produced at the provincial level.
According to the Iranian students News Agency (ISNA) reporter, Hamadan area, “Rahim Bayat“ reporters will be the fifth Sunday of August, with last year’s stating of the 48 acres acreage 162 kg of Saffron was manufactured, added: this acreage forecast product will rise to 53 hectares and produced product to reach 172 kg.
He pointed out that the country’s total acreage of Saffron in the year 91 of about 79 thousand hectares with a production of 60 tons has been noted: the main producer of this plant Khorasan Razavi province with 78 percent and South Khorasan with 18 percent and the remaining four percent belonging to the provinces of Kerman, Isfahan, Hamedan, Hamedan and Fars.
Stating that Saffron is low compared to other plants of the expectation, noted: this herb is very durable and lasting between five to 10 years in the territory, but the performance of the mtlobsh between three to seven years.
Bayat, reproduce the Saffron onions is one of the main benefits of this herb is outlined and said the cost of the first year of planting this product is high, because each acre need three to five tonnes of onions. Also considering that a large harvest this product requires the worker, so you should be picked as a family.
He noted: in the past, the amount of the facility for Saffron cultivation five million USD, but in recent years provide the desired layout can be from 10 to 15 million USD facility benefited rural livelihood.
He is a family of lily plant, saffron and reiterated: the main source of Asian plant and Iran and China has been introduced, so that our country between 80 to 89 percent of the world’s production, and the first to be considered as the manufacturer.
According to Bayat, as capitalists produce saffron the world after Iran and China, Morocco, Pakistan and Italy, and after they are China, the u.s., Argentina, Afghanistan, Myanmar, etc. To a lesser extent are produced.
History of Saffron according to Hamedan is considered the origin of the peace be upon
Deputy Manager of horticulture with reference to the Organization of the rural livelihood Hamadan Province dating back several thousand years old history of Saffron plant, the main source of Hamadan Saffron is considered at the time of the Medes, so that the name of some towns in the spring and rodaur such as Hamadan zafaraniyeh toyserkan originated from this plant.
He noted: the weather is required for the cultivation of temperate and warm with half of this product gentle winter and the summer is hot and dry, though resistance to Frost is the Saffron plant.
According to Bayat, saffron plant in sandy soil and clay soil and act well and style should be ahead of planting bulbs of Saffron in its territory with the use of pesticides will be quite antiseptic, fungicide, because after the mice as the main enemy of this plant, fungus diseases are lurking.
He picked early October until the end of Saffron this month as saying: contrary to other life-cycle plant is exactly the Saffron crop plants, so that the plant in the spring to the fall and in the winter it is green!
Of every five acres of cultivation, up to 6 kg of Saffron is cultivated
He is the performance of the plant’s five acres in up to 6 kg and added: “Although the onion: Afghanistan needed supply of our country, and has recently also been rife, but the performance of the HA, this product is 10 kg, to a large farm management, soil, watering and fertilizer is effective in increasing the performance of the HA.
Pointing to certain areas of the province that no restriction for failing to cultivate this product does, noted: we are all growing in the city, in the old الایام of nahavand and toyserkan this product also in cultivated acreage to 20-acre project is reached.
Bayat pointed out that most of its manufacturing in the province spent Saffron can be end-use, reiterated the country’s saffron production: Unfortunately Spain issued and after the package is sold to other countries.
He continued, as well as one of the methods of drying the flowers crocus procedures is Spanish, so that within 30 to 60 minutes this is a job done. In the traditional method, as well as between eight to 12 days lasts.
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