The golden season of red gold in Semnan province
Qarayan, director of horticulture of Semnan Jihad Agricultural Organization, said: The average yield of saffron harvest per hectare is three kilograms, but Mr. Ali Akbar Pourabri, a typical farmer in Semnan province, has been able to harvest 10 kilograms per hectare by establishing saffron cultivation in Abar village. Shahroud should have a 25 to 40% increase in cultivation.
He added: Mr. Pourabri has been able to trade more than eighteen billion tomans this year and buy up to 100 kilograms of saffron worth seven million dollars to Iraq by buying and selling 2 tons of saffron products in Abar Shahroud village and other farmers in the province and abroad. , Export to India and Georgia.
Qarayan said: saffron is cultivated in all parts of Semnan province, but the villages of Shahroud city, such as Abar, Bastam, Posht Bastam, Miami, Damghan and Garmsar and Semnan have the highest level of development and cultivation of saffron, respectively.