Production of more than 400 kg of saffron in East Azerbaijan farms

Production of more than 400 kg of saffron in East Azerbaijan farms

According to the public relations of the Jihad Agriculture Organization of the province,
Sadollah Eskandari, referring to the cultivation of 1,035 hectares of land suitable for processing high quality saffron in the province, said:
98% are fertile farms and are expected this year, More than 400 kg of high quality saffron should be harvested from these lands.

Referring to the nutritional and medicinal value of this herbal product, he added:
More than 60% of the saffron product produced in the country is exported and more attention to the quality of packaging and branding,
can enhance its added value in global markets and provide good currency along with And this will be very effective in increasing the economic
and productive power of the users of this product.
low production costs, periodic operation for 10 to 12 years of these farms Crop,
very low water requirement and non-interference of irrigation of saffron fields with other garden and agricultural lands,
high employment value of production of this product, high productivity of its production compared to other crops by reducing water consumption
per hectare by eight times and Also, its high export value and the value of its saffron product have convinced and encouraged the province’s
agricultural jihad to develop its cultivation in the province’s arable lands.

Eskandari said:
Saffron production in East Azerbaijan began 15 years ago, the construction of demonstration farms of this product began, and now,
Marand city with more than 90 hectares of cultivated land, is the most important saffron production center in the province.

He continued:
the province and generalization of cultivation pattern in arable lands
of prone cities. In the production and processing of this valuable crop, increase more than before.