“Safran de Salomon” offers you the opportunity to be trained as a saffron producer, thanks to a course provided by Mr. Jauras, the company director.
Objective of the course: train candidates, in botany and crop practices, and also in marketing and sales networks techniques, with an awareness of the elements of social and solidarity economics.
Profile of the candidates: for both genders, with preference for women, due to the particularities of the cultivation.
Candidates must be motivated to settle as a full-time farmer or as a joint contributor and a willingness to join an association of producers that complies with a specification.
The course, lasting for a total of 8 days, is divided into two periods that accompany the cycle of saffron, both representing high points of the cultivation.
– May-June: removing the corms and new plantations (4 days)
– October-November: harvesting and pruning-drying-packaging (4 days)
June
| Theoretical training | Duration | Subjects taught |
| 1h |
History and place of saffron in different civilizations |
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| 8h |
Botany – crop cycle
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| 5h |
Crop practices France, Spain, Italy, Greece (Soils, plantations, soil enrichment products and inputs, active fallows) |
| Practical training | Duration | Subjects taught |
| 6h |
Planting the corms after soil preparation |
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| 6h |
Nursery: removing corms, cleaning, calibration |
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| 2h |
Nursery practices of bulblets and practice of flower production. |
October
| Theoretical/practical training | Duration | Subjects taught |
|
14 h |
Picking, pruning of pistils, sorting and drying |
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|
7 h |
Packaging and storage – derivatives |
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7 h |
Cooperatives of the ESS – Marketing |
ADDENDUM
To meet a repeated request of already established saffron producers, and to comply with the information obligation with regard to new regulations, in particular the labelling of nutritional values applicable since 13/12/2016, an additional training day will be provided during the second training session (without modification of the price of the training).
September-October
| Theoretical training | Duration | Subjects taught |
| 1h |
Export customs regulations
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| 2h |
EEC regulations Hygiene – traceability – labelling (13/12/16)
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| 3h |
Presentation of the American and Canadian market |
For further information, please contact the company directly.
In Memoria F.J.