The most expensive spice in the world is grown in Mersin Yenişehir

The saffron planted within the scope of the Değirmençay Saffron Cultivation Project, which was implemented last year with the cooperation of the News Center-Mersin Yenişehir Municipality and Yenişehir District Agriculture and Forestry Directorate, was harvested for the second time. Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit, who participated in the saffron harvest, said, “This year, we carried out our saffron harvest.
The most expensive spice in the world is grown in Mersin Yenişehir
The saffron planted within the scope of the Değirmençay Saffron Cultivation Project, which was implemented last year with the cooperation of Mersin Yenişehir Municipality and Yenişehir District Agriculture and Forestry Directorate, was harvested for the second time. Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit, who participated in the saffron harvest, said, “This year, we carried out our saffron harvest. If you produce, you exist, if you cannot produce, you become a debt-ridden country. We have no choice but to produce.” said.
Mersin Yenişehir Municipality continues its efforts to grow alternative products and support the manufacturer. Değirmençay Saffron Cultivation Project, which was implemented in Yenişehir with the aim of producing high value-added products, bore fruit this year as well. Saffron, which costs 80 thousand TL per kilogram, is known as the most expensive spice in the world. It is becoming a high-income product in a narrow space.
Chairman Özyiğit “We need to make the best use of the arable land”
Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit, who participated in the saffron harvest and gathered saffron plants with the producers, said, “There is 50 thousand hectares of arable land in our Yenişehir district. We need to make the most of this. We tried our saffron plant and in the preliminary examination we made with our engineers, we thought it could be grown and it did. We are in our second year, saffron is a product with a very high economic value today. It is a difficult plant that is collected with a very fine technique, but leaves the remaining eleven months of the year to you. Onions are increasing every year. One of our producers saw that there were fourteen onions in a saffron bulb. With these increases, you can grow and expand your business. We need to evaluate what is most effective and rational.” made statements.
“We will be with the producer and the producer”
Mersin Yenişehir Mayor Abdullah Özyiğit said that they will support the producers with the "Bee Pasture" project, which is in the final stage of its construction in Değirmençay, and that the agricultural engineers of the Yenişehir Municipality are on duty in the countryside to ensure correct production. Chairman Özyiğit said, “We will be with the producer and the producer. We have assigned two agricultural engineers to ensure that the production is done correctly in our district. Our friends visit the producers and see what our citizens in each village produce. They support our producers in matters such as correct production methods, spraying and irrigation. We are a big family. We can do much better things by encouraging each other, using and evaluating our opportunities at the highest level.” made the statement. Emphasizing that this project will set an example for Turkey, President Abdullah Özyiğit thanked those who contributed. It gives flavor as well as healing. The weight of saffron varies between 60 thousand TL and 80 thousand TL. He gave advice to our people, gave a lot of support to female entrepreneurs. I would like to thank our president and those who contributed.” said.
After the saffron harvest, saffron rice was also served to the citizens in the rural neighborhood of Değirmençay.