There is a 10-fold increase in saffron cultivation in Rafsanjan
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of city, referring to the development of saffron cultivation in Rafsanjan, said:
There is a capacity to develop the area under saffron cultivation in city at least 10 times.
Hossein Rezaei stated:
in order to increase the area under cultivation of alternative crops and low water saffron cultivation in Rafsanjan has been well developed.
He added:
in the last two years, the area under saffron cultivation in city has increased from 10 hectares to 35 hectares and has increased
by almost 20% of the cultivated area from the previous year.
Director of Rafsanjan Agricultural Jihad, stating that saffron needs 4,500 cubic meters of water per hectare per year and is valued
at three dollars per cubic meter, said:
Saffron cultivation also has good employment,
so that 180 to 200 people per hectare The worker is used to harvest flowers.
He specified:
there is a capacity to develop the area under saffron cultivation in city at least 10 times.
The city of Rafsanjan is of special importance due to its location on the Chabahar-Tehran transit route.
Rafsanjan is the largest exporter of pistachios in the world and that is why the largest artificial forest in the world is located in this city.
Sarcheshmeh copper mine, the largest open-pit copper mine in the Middle East, is also located in the city.
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