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  • 12-11-19

    Iranian saffron cultivation area expands 5,000 hectares a year

    (MENAFN) Press TV reported, Ali Tahmasbi, a deputy to Iran"s minister of agriculture said that planting saffron is no longer limited to the three Khorasan provinces located in northeastern Iran, pointing that the cultivation area for saffron had exceeded 115,000 hectares, nearly 20 times more than the land granted to the crop in the entire world.

    The Iranian media published images over the past days showed farmers picking saffron flowers in various parts of the country, including in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, a cold and mountainous region in central Iran, as well as in Khuzestan, a southern province known for its hot and humid climate.

    That comes against the background of reports suggesting that Iran is not properly benefiting from a profitable international business of saffron mainly because of bulk production methods and increased smuggling to neighboring countries.

    Officials say two thirds of Iran's annual production of saffron, around 300 tons, go to bulk sales, while others suggest around 20 tons are being smuggled out of the country, mainly to neighboring Afghanistan.

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