Production of 178 kg of saffron in Hamedan during the last year
The director of horticulture of Hamedan Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization announced the formulation and implementation of a plan
to increase the area of saffron cultivation in the province and said:
a plan has been proposed by the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization to the governorate to add 40 hectares to saffron cultivation lands annually.
Hojjatullah Shahbazi stated:
According to this plan, saffron farms will be developed during the 5-year plan, so that with the implementation of this plan,
we will see a leap in the development of gardens in Hamadan province.
He also informed about the production of 120,000 seedlings in the province and said:
Hamedan province was able to produce 120,000 seedlings last year in the production of registered seedlings.
Shahbazi, pointing out that Hamedan province has the top ranks in the country in the production of many garden products, said:
Hamedan province in the first rank in the production of walnuts, grapes in the second rank, raisins in the third rank,
nectarines in the fourth rank and medicinal plants in the third rank gained.
The director of horticultural affairs of Jihad Agricultural Organization considered the area of greenhouses
in Hamedan province as 77 hectares and stated:
The production capacity of these greenhouses is more than 27,000 tons of various vegetable and summer products and 5 million branches.
He stated that 4,500 hectares of lands in Hamadan province are under the cultivation of medicinal plants, and said:
Hamadan province has superior ranks in the production of medicinal plants,
especially coriander and fennel.
The director of horticulture of the Jihad Agricultural Organization said that the per capita production of horticultural products
in Hamadan province is more than 400 kg per person and said:
3.2% of the country’s orchards are located in Hamadan province, while it accounts for more than 4.3% of horticultural products.
Shahbazi, stating that the area of agricultural lands in Hamedan province is 716 thousand hectares, said:
Of this amount, the share of gardens in the province is 72 thousand hectares, equivalent to 9.8 percent,
and the share of products in this sector of agricultural products is 15.6 percent.
He estimated the number of exploiters in Hamedan province at 144,000 and noted:
In Hamedan province, there are 87,600 orchard users, more than 68,000 hectares of fruitful gardens and 4,000 hectares of non-productive gardens.
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