The beginning of red gold harvest from Zarand fields
Reza Mohammadi, director of Jihad Keshavarzi in Zarand city, said: 410 hectares of lands in Zarand city are under saffron cultivation, and an average of 3.5 to 4 kilograms of saffron is harvested from each hectare.
Mohammadi, referring to the beginning of saffron harvest in Zarand city, said: with the increase of 30 hectares of saffron farms, it is predicted that more than 1.5 tons of saffron will be harvested from the farms of this city this year.
Ali Sadeghzadeh, Governor of Zarand, also said: Due to the crisis of successive droughts and severe decline in groundwater, saffron production due to its advantages over other irrigated crops, as a cost-effective cultivation and achievement of the goals of the resistance economy in this region. Are.
He said that the cultivation of low-water crops such as saffron, barberry and Mohammadi flowers has flourished in recent years due to good weather conditions and soil quality in the mountainous lands of the city, adding: Every year we see an increase in the area under cultivation of these crops. We are and the city complex supports farmers who develop low-water crops instead of high-water crops.