Prediction of harvesting 22 tons of saffron in North Khorasan

The director of horticultural affairs of the North Khorasan Agricultural Jihad Organization said in an interview with IRNA on Wednesday: “Currently, the price of each kilogram of saffron flowers in the village of Saffron Bazaar in Farooj is sold at 210,000 Tomans.” Mohammad Ali Sharikian, stating that saffron flowers produced from the fields of the […]

Pale saffron of Iran in world markets

Saffron harvest has recently started in some parts of Khorasan Razavi province, including Torbat-e Heydariyeh and parts of Zaveh city, in a limited way. . Lack of coherent and principled planning for proper packaging and processing, sale of raw materials and bulk sales of saffron products has caused saffron profits to go to farmers instead […]

50% reduction in saffron production in Torbat Heydariyeh

According to the Khorasan Razavi Center Radio News Agency; The director of Torbat Heydariyeh Agricultural Jihad said: Torbat Heydariyeh is known as the center of production of this product in the world by producing quality saffron and reducing saffron production by 50% in Torbat Heydariyeh. Hossein Mohammadi added: “This year, due to the continuation of […]

Prediction of 35% decrease in saffron production in Khorasan Razavi this year

ISNA / Khorasan Razavi The Deputy Minister of Crop Production Improvement of Khorasan Razavi Jihad Agricultural Organization announced a 35% decrease in saffron production in the province compared to last year and said: “Last year, saffron production was 302 tons, but this year it will be less than 200 tons.” In an interview with ISNA, […]

Production situation in the red gold market

Donya’e Eghtesad – Tayebeh Moradi: A 4.5 percent decrease in agricultural production in the spring of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the Statistics Center, is an important alarm that shows that the drought has a real impact on the agricultural market. This is while saffron is one of the […]

Detection of counterfeit saffron using artificial intelligence

Donya’e Eghtesad : Saffron, as a valuable medicinal plant, is one of the oldest and most expensive spices in the world, which has a special place among Iran’s industrial and export products. The high price of this product has caused it to be abused by profiteers in various ways. A member of the faculty of […]

Gonabad University will host the 6th National Saffron Conference

According to the provincial correspondent of Daneshjoo News Agency, the sixth national conference on saffron will be held in November this year at Gonabad University. This conference is planned in the fields of saffron production technologies, post-harvest technologies and saffron applications, and saffron marketing and ecotourism. The deadline for submitting articles to the secretariat of […]

Saffron production likely to decline due to reduced rainfall

Ali Hosseini in an interview with Mizan, referring to droughts and the possibility of reducing saffron production, said: “Droughts may reduce saffron production and this issue affects the trend of saffron prices.” He said: “Drought also reduces the growth of saffron onions, which reduces production by reducing plant vigor.” A member of the National Saffron […]

What does fake saffron look like?

According to Aaj News, director of the production and processing research group of the Medicinal Plants Research Complex of ACECR, said: “Today, there are many empirical and laboratory methods for distinguishing the main saffron from counterfeits, which some criteria such as the specific color and smell of saffron and its compounds contribute to this identification. […]