Ziarat village is prone to cultivating quality saffron
Hamidi, the governor of Gorgan city, while visiting the agricultural lands under saffron cultivation in Ziarat village, said: the harvest of this crop has been accompanied by a significant increase of 4 times compared to last year.
He said: If more accurate expertise is applied in this field, we will see a boom in saffron cultivation in the coming years in this village.
Hamidi added: One of the best ways to create rural employment is to cultivate these products.
The official said: the area of saffron cultivation this year in the village of Ziarat is about two hectares, which includes plots of 4 to 3 thousand square meters.
He said: Due to the quality and grade of this product and the welcome of the people, the pilgrimage lands are prone to cultivating saffron and medicinal plants.