Development of 15 hectares of saffron farms in Kuhbanan
Director of Kuhbanan Agricultural Jihad, referring to the 15-hectare increase in saffron cultivation area in Kuhbanan, said: Previously, the saffron cultivation area in Kuhbanan was 200 hectares.
Ali Akbar Majidi, director of Jihad Keshavarzi in Kuhbanan city, said: Previously, the area under saffron cultivation in Kuhbanan city was 200 hectares, but in the new cultivation period, 15 hectares were added to the cultivation area of these farms.
He said that last year, the amount of saffron production in Kuhbanan was one thousand kilograms, adding: the average yield of saffron farms in this city is 5 kilograms per hectare.
Majidi stated: to support saffron growers and due to the spread of coronavirus, training has been done individually and with the presence of experts in the field and guidance and advice in the field of planting, holding, harvesting, processing and proper packaging at the disposal of the interest Vectors are placed.