Iran Agriculture News

A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24 billion tons a year, according to a new United Nations-backed study that calls for a shift away…

Agriculture has contributed nearly as much to climate change as deforestation by intensifying global warming, according to US research that has quantified the amount of carbon taken from the…

As much as 10% of the National Development Fund of Iran’s annual earnings have been allocated to the agricultural sector, a deputy agriculture minister said.

In a letter to First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri, Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati has urged all governmental executive bodies to meet their tea demand from domestic sources.

The…

The Agriculture Ministry's Information Technology Department has developed a system to streamline data management and balance demand and supply in the agricultural sector.

The biggest privatization in Iran’s agriculture sector will be held on July 31. The government will auction 100% of its 3,182,307,000 shares in Moghan Agro-industrial and Animal Husbandry Company…

Poor management of agricultural waste is depriving Iran of a means of improving soil fertility, an official at the Department of Environment said.

In an interview with ISNA, Mohammad Javad…

The agriculture sector, as one of the major pillars of Iran’s economy, has played an undeniable role in Iran’s economic growth since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013. Annual…

Iran’s Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati is in Ukraine to scope out opportunities of bilateral cooperation with the East European country. Leading a 40-member delegation, the minister…

The agriculture sector now accounts for 12% to 13% of Iran’s gross domestic product, up from 9% to 10% three years ago (when President Hassan Rouhani first took office in August 2013), according…

Deputy Energy Minister Rahim Meydani says Iran must put an end to policies that promote water-intensive yet low-value agricultural products because “the country’s development won’t occur through…

Iran’s Agricultural Minister Mahmoud Hojjati and New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully signed a memorandum of understanding for furthering agricultural cooperation, IRNA reported.

The Statistical Center of Iran announced that the economy grew 0.7% during the nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-December 21, 2015).

Agriculture was the only growing sector…

Rural women constitute a major part of the agricultural workforce in Iran and play a significant role in the agricultural economy. But their contributions are often intangible and statistics…

Nearly 41% of domestic knowledge-based firms (95 companies) are focused on producing health care products including pharmaceuticals, said Seyed Mohammad Sahebkar Khorasani, head of Knowledge-Based…

In a bid to reduce water consumption and boost the production of oily seeds and fodder, the government will soon implement the so-called ‘Beyond Border Farming’ program in three countries namely…

As 60% of the country lies in arid and semi-arid region, researchers are studying new methods of crop cultivation. Under the circumstances, increasing agricultural productivity by…

The Central Bank of Iran urged all credit institutions and commercial banks in a new decree to allocate at least a quarter of their total resources to the agricultural sector, natural resources…

The removal of sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations would ease imports related to the agriculture sector such as high-quality seeds and…

Spatial planning systems are lacking in the agriculture sector, says the former chairman of Agriculture Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.  “Farmers…

Under the second phase of the Lake Urumia Sustainable Agriculture Project, 75 villages in the lake’s basin were covered, said Mohsen Soleimani Rouzbahani, director of the national project to…

The Central Bank of Iran has extended the repayment period to three years for loans granted to both farmers and agricultural institutions that are either adversely affected by natural disasters or…

In the light of the worsening water crisis in the country, the ministry of agriculture is pursuing the implementation of an ‘Agriculture Beyond Borders’ program, which allows for farming in…

Opuntia ficus-indica is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semi-arid parts of the…

Agricultural is a primary sector of the economy and a major source of employment, government revenue, foreign capital and food. Development of a productive agricultural sector is necessary for…