زعفران تازناخت المعروف بجودتهpurity of safron with taznakht
Safran: The most expensive spice in the world produced with taznakht
The villages of taznakht in the Province of ouarzazate is characterized by a production from Crocus sativus, more commonly called saffron. The villages of iznaguens, ikhzamens, has ouardas, has oubiales and taliouine produces also this spice coveted universally but Taliouine provides the largest market share of production. According to the Office regional of development agricultural (Ormva), and taznakht known of its purity; the volume of the production of the saffron on the level of this village of 12.000 people is estimated at 3.000 kg per annum. A figure which makes it possible to classify Morocco in fourth position on the international plan after Iran, India and Greece. The total surface dedicated to this traditional culture is of 640 ha for 1.285 producers. Used in the refined kitchen, medicine and the cosmetic, the saffron remains however a traditional culture which refuses with any modernization. All work is done with the hand. Curved towards the ground, the peasants, morning, must distinguish the small flowers in order to gather them of a precise gesture by paying attention not to damage the marks. And one needs approximately 150.000 flowers to produce one kilogramme, of saffron. A long term job from which especially the intermediaries profit which carry out enormous profits in each operation. Exports, according to the Foreign exchange bureau, reached the sum of 35 million DH in 2009. It should be noted that Spain and Switzerland are the first destinations of the saffron of taznakht and Taliouine. In addition, saffron, or red gold, is mainly marketed in the abstract circuit with a volume of 60% compared with 34% for the formal circuit. The circuit of co-operatives, the integrated circuit and the circuit of
