Twice as much saffron based on research findings
Saffron yield research in the Mashhad region found that corms planted from 5 June to 5 July performed better than later planting in that trial. ... Read More...
Annual harvest of more than 3 kg of saffron in Khorasan Razavi province
Annual harvest of more than 3 kg of saffron in Khorasan Razavi province referred to average dry-saffron yield per hectare, not the province’s total crop. ... Read More...
Can Gilan’s plains produce larger saffron corms?
Gilan’s plains were tested as a place to multiply saffron corms, not as the province’s preferred area for flowering and spice production. An archived field ... Read More...
42 hectares of Kurdistan lands are dedicated to saffron cultivation
In a 2021 provincial update, 42 hectares of Kurdistan lands were dedicated to saffron cultivation. The more precise figure was 42 hectares and 500 square ... Read More...
Ghaenat Saffron ID Card Should Be Compiled
The call to compile a Ghaenat saffron ID card was a call to define the product behind the place name: where it comes from, which ... Read More...
A Malayer saffron grower on starting small and managing rodents
Mojtaba Taheri’s route into saffron cultivation in Malayer began with research and a 1,000-square-metre trial—not a large commercial planting. His first autumn flowers gave him ... Read More...
Production forecast of 67 kg of red gold (saffron) in Gilan
The archived 67 kg saffron forecast in Gilan implied an average yield of about 3.05 kilograms per hectare and a gross value near 251 million ... Read More...
Production of 1400 kg of saffron in Lorestan province
Lorestan’s reported area and output grew together, while processing and traceability remained important. A historical report put saffron production in Lorestan at 1,400 kilograms from ... Read More...
Why Saffron Prices Were Unfair to Farmers and Exporters
Ali Hosseini argued that saffron prices in both Iranian and export markets were unfair because growers received too little of the value created by their ... Read More...
85% of saffron products are exported from Iran
“85% of saffron products are exported from Iran” was a historical estimate attributed to a speaker identified in the source only as Rostami. It describes ... Read More...