Greenhouse Tomato Output Expected to Exceed 333K Tons

Iran’s greenhouse tomato output is predicted to reach 333,883 tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2020), the director general of Agriculture Ministry’s Greenhouse, Medicinal Plants and Edible Mushroom Bureau said.
Gholamreza Taqavi added that the country produced over 333,000 tons of greenhouse tomatoes last year (March 2018-19) on 1,200 hectares.
Speaking to IRNA, he noted that Iran’s total annual tomato output surpasses 5.6 million tons. Greenhouse tomatoes have a 6% share in the country’s overall tomato production.