Dr. Molafilabi, a member of RIFST academic staff at the Department of Food Biotechnology with extensive research on saffron said “The road map of Iranian saffron will be compiled at RIFST. Following the last year orders of the Supreme Leader regarding the necessity of not selling raw saffron, a special working group has been formed in this institute.”
With the intention of attracting the cooperation of related sectors such as the Iranian Parliament, Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade, Ministry of Agriculture Jahad, Food and Drug Administration, private institutions and other organizations, while abiding by the Supreme Leader’s orders, RIFST saffron working group has been established.
The associate professor of Food Biotechnology Department added “This working group intends to compile a road map for the country's saffron in order to create coherence and prevent duplication in this field”. He added: "The purpose of compiling the road map of Iranian saffron is to explain the short-term, medium-term and long-term plans and policies of the country's saffron so as to reduce the number of decision-making centers as well as paying more attention to value added chain, maintaining better coordination between stakeholders and establishing more relationship between domestic and foreign researchers.
Dr. Molafilabi also said “It is hoped that, considering the capacity of saffron production in Iran, this working group will take basic and principled steps in the near future and we will see the creation of more added value in the production chain of this strategic product in the country.”