Barley Production Declines Due to Low Precipitation

Rain-fed barley farms have suffered 30-40% of losses due to low precipitation levels and water shortage across the country, says the director general of Grains and Essential Goods Production Bureau with the Agriculture Ministry, expecting production to decline this year.
“This crop year [September 2020-21], the country has seen an average of 38% decrease in precipitation levels, which were sparse and insufficient. This is why, despite an 18% increase in land under barley cultivation this year, production will fall,” Faramak Aziz-Karimi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
According to the official, this year a total of 1.8 million hectares of farms have gone under barley cultivation, around 1 million hectares of which are rain-fed and the remaining 800,000 hectares are irrigated.