The traders’ feet were also opened to saffron

The traders’ feet were also opened to saffron

Another farmer commented on the brokers’ disruption in the sales market: In the past, foreign traders used to buy saffron from the farmer for 600,000 tomans per me (three kilograms), which was close to its original price, but now the presence of brokers has prevented this.

He added: saffron traders buy saffron for 200,000 tomans each and offer it to traders for 700,000 tomans. The government can not do anything about this either.

Our problems are due to the high cost of raw materials, Teymouri said of the major problems in saffron production. Fertilizers have become very expensive, the fuel required for agricultural implements is also very low, and the soil reinforcement is not good and causes the destruction of onions.

Another farmer from Kakhk village also said about the method of irrigating saffron flowers: in traditional agriculture, the land is irrigated five times by flood method, the first irrigation is in early October, which is called Basar Ab or Zaj Ab. 40 days after the first irrigation and during the second irrigation, chemical and animal fertilizers are applied to the soil.

Ahadi added: The third stage of irrigation is the beginning of March, but when there is a lot of rain, this water is stopped and the last stage of irrigation is the end of March, which is called yellow water.

Regarding the support of agricultural jihad for farmers, he said: There is no support from agricultural jihad. Only loans are granted that the terms of receipt are very troublesome.

Saffron has long been known as a remedy for laughter and antidote to depression, but now the lips of saffron growers are not very smiling, because in the age of competitive saffron markets, both in terms of government policy-making and its production, packaging and supply to conquer global markets. Survived.

During this period, saffron lost its good face in the world markets due to the impurities applied by domestic producers, and the producers left the market of this product to their competitors due to lack of knowledge about packaging and processing. He took fish from the muddy water and repackaged the Iranian saffron in the world market in order to pocket the huge profits from this product and to deprive the Iranian producers and exporters.

The yellowing of the face of the Iranian red gold industry will disappear when both government policies are obsessed and studied more and producers and activists in the processing and conversion industries of saffron with proper planning and sufficient information of mechanisms and global competitors to enter this market. Step forward wide.