Saffron Planting in Abhar
According to Zanjan News Agency, Zahedan Agricultural Center Jihad Agriculture of Abhar Province: Saffron cultivation area in Abhar province is 10 hectares. 56 million Tomans farmers earn shoots of saffron, whose production is 8 kg and yields an average of one kilogram per hectare.
Hajikhani added that cultivating saffron in Abhar city has created 60 jobs.
He said that saffron needs irrigation 4 times during the growing season, said the product should be considered by farmers as a strategic product in areas facing dehydration.
Aqr Agricultural Jihad, responsible for agriculture, said that the price per kilogram of saffron varies from 6 to 8 million tomans, adding that this year, according to forecasts, 56 million tomans will come from Abhar abattoirs.
source: iribnews /com
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