How Supportive Saffron Purchases Affect the Market
A supportive purchase of saffron can stop a sudden price collapse, but it can also move the problem into a warehouse. If farmers wait too ... Read More...
Harvesting 160 kg of saffron in Alborz/43 hectares under saffron cultivation
Alborz Province harvested about 160 kg of saffron in the reporting year covered by this 2020 article, according to Mohammad Taj Al-Dini of the provincial ... Read More...
Saffron cultivation in the city of Khomein is a tedious effort
Saffron cultivation in Khomein was described in a 2020 local report as patient, labour-intensive work whose rewards did not always reach the farmer. Growers valued ... Read More...
OSEC and Iranian Saffron: What the Proposal Was Meant to Do
OSEC was presented in Iran as a proposed international organisation for saffron-producing and exporting countries. Its advocates imagined an institution loosely modelled on OPEC: countries ... Read More...
Bahabad saffron neither in the name of Yazd nor in the name of Yazd
Bahabad saffron has long faced a problem that begins after harvest: much of it leaves the area as an unbranded raw product, then reaches the ... Read More...
Saffron is a commodity called Iran and traders
Iranian saffron sits at the centre of world saffron production, yet producing most of a commodity does not guarantee that farmers capture most of its ... Read More...
Aeroponic Saffron Cultivation: Method, Evidence and Limits
Aeroponic saffron cultivation can trigger flowering from corms held on trays in a controlled room, but it is not a proven shortcut to unlimited, irrigation-free ... Read More...
Reasons for falling saffron prices in the commodity exchange
Falling saffron prices on a commodity exchange can reflect several forces arriving at once: growers selling to cover harvest costs, old stock reaching the market ... Read More...
Iranian saffron in the traditional and modern market debate
The debate over Iranian saffron's traditional and modern markets is not really a choice between old traders and new technology. It is a question of ... Read More...
Yellowing of saffron farmers in Farooj city in North Khorasan Iran
Farooj's saffron harvest can turn from a valuable opportunity into a race against time. In the account below, flowers opened together, workers were scarce and ... Read More...