With the help of this plan, 10 times the saffron was harvested
Manuchehr Maleki, a saffron farmer who has won a record for producing 30 kilograms of saffron per hectare, said in an interview with the Fars News Agency, “The average production of saffron is about 3.8 kg per hectare, but with practical measures and actions recommended by experts from the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture I got 30 kg of saffron per hectare.
He stated that the production of 30 kg of saffron per hectare in the year 92, he said, “In the year 93, due to the climatic conditions, the highest amount of saffron I had picked up per hectare was 23 kg, but this year, considering the weather conditions, I think , Again, I get the same 30 kg of saffron per hectare.
The Saffron Gardener, in response to the question of what steps are being taken to achieve this level of production, said the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture has introduced a plan to farmers since 90 years as an ideal plan for producing saffron to farmers, following the implementation of its instructions for a 30-kilogram production slump I got saffron per hectare.
Maliki said that selection of bulbs of saffron weighing more than 8 grams is very effective in yielding, while in the new method of planting (seed coriander) onions are cultivated manually and according to the instructions of the Ministry of Jihad, there must be between 5 and 7 cm apart and spaced Between two rows should be 10 to 15 centimeters.
The saffron noted that 60 to 70 tons of manure were used per hectare of land, and irrigation was used for sprinkler irrigation with 6-meter long openings.
He added that water consumption in this method is very low and during the entire plant growth period, 3600 cubic meters of water per hectare are consumed per hectare, while in the Karty method, 6 to 7 thousand cubic meters of water are consumed in each period.
Al-Maliki said: In the irrigation method, about one third of the land comes out of cultivation because of the water supply.
The saffron said that the two saws were planted in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad for the purpose of increasing the yield of the product, saying that the experts will visit the farms continuously during the growing season.
He said that we do not use chemical methods to fight weeds, said weeding weeds in saffron gardens is carried out manually by workers, as well as one of the factors of weed occurrence on the land of saffron, the introduction of sheep into the fields Therefore, it is strongly necessary to prevent the entrance of this trap to saffron gardens.
Maleki pointed out the timely irrigation of gardens as one of the factors affecting the yield, and stated: The saffron bulb is 8 years old and in the first and second years the amount of production is low, but in the third and fourth years, the production of saffron increases.
The farmer said the price per kilogram of high quality saffron onion for more than 4 thousand tomans and said: “The cost of cultivating each hectare of saffron, including onions, fertilizers and other side costs, including labor, is about 30 to 35 million tomans.”
He added that after the cultivation of saffron bulbs in the garden of saffron, up to 8 years from the land can be harvested saffron flowers, but in the last year removed the bulbs from the soil and for several years, cultivating other products such as barley, beet and alfalfa to the rest of the earth they give.
Maliki said: “Gardeners who do not have much land, after a few years of harvest, replace the flower of saffron soil.”
He said the production of saffron per hectare before the implementation of an ideal plan for saffron production was about 15 kg per hectare and said: Zawah city in Khorasan Razavi province is the world’s largest saffron producer, with an average production of saffron in the city of about 7 kg.
The saffron said: About 90 tons of saffron produced in the country comes from 7,000 hectares of saffron land in the city.
Al-Maliki said that the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad helped donates one million tomans per hectare to farmers who initiated an ideal plan for producing saffron in their land last year.
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He pointed out that the sudden drop in the price of the product due to the intervention of speculators during the harvest season is one of the problems of saffron, so that since the beginning of harvesting of saffron, the price of one kilogram of saffron rose from 90 thousand tomans to 30 thousand tomans Is.
The saffron said: Also, the price per kilogram of saffron, which averaged about 7,500,000 tomans, fell to 2 million tomans to 5,500,000 tomans.
He said that 27 hectares of land for saffron, said that although the costs would increase with the implementation of an ideal plan for saffron production, the strict implementation of the recommendations of the experts of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and their visit will eventually increase production and earn more.
Maliki, who is an irrigation engineer, has spent 54 years of his production of red gold in saffron gardens for 20 years.
source: farsnews /com
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