Mashhad, the capital metropolis of Iran’s northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, accounts for 22 p.c of the nation’s flowers and decorative vegetation export, based on the board chairman of the province’s Union of Flowers and Crops Producers.
Mehdi Samangani mentioned that as a result of availability of appropriate infrastructure and entry to the market, 65 p.c of Khorasan Razavi’s greenhouses are positioned in Mashhad.
Mashhad’s neighborhood with Turkmenistan and Central Asian nations has created capability for exporting flowers and vegetation in Mashhad, he mentioned, including, “Nevertheless, Mashhad’s capability for manufacturing and export, contemplating the infrastructure that this metropolis has within the discipline of flower and decorative plant manufacturing, is far more than our 22 p.c share of flower and plant export within the nation.”
As introduced by the pinnacle of the Agriculture Division of Mashhad County, 280 greenhouse items function in Mashhad Metropolis. These greenhouses have created direct employment for 1,400 individuals and oblique employment for 3,500 individuals.
In response to Mohammad Miri Disfani, 66 hectares of greenhouses in Mashhad are associated to decorative flowers, wherein every kind of flowers and decorative vegetation are produced.
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