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July 27,2021
Iran is the fourth largest importer of rice in the world with the annual purchase of 1.2 million tons worth $880 million, chiefly from India, according to a report by Iran Chamber of Commerce,...
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July 25,2021
Some $550 million are spent annually for importing four types of tropical fruits to Iran, an official with the Agriculture Ministry’s Horticultural Affairs Department said.
“These fruits are...
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July 18,2021
A total of 375,407 tons of banana worth $255.31 million were imported into Iran in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021).
Turkey with $129.8 million, India with $54.3 million, Ecuador with $...
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July 17,2021
A total of 181,175 tons of agricultural and food products worth $53 million have been exported from Astara border terminal since the beginning of the current fiscal year on March 21, according to...
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July 16,2021
A total of 2.9 million tons of rice were produced in Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2020-21), but due to the 40% fall in precipitation, a decline in yields is predicted this year,...
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July 09,2021
The seasonal ban imposed on rice imports will be lifted in the current Iranian year (started March 21) as per the decision of Market Regulation Headquarters affiliated with the Ministry of...
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June 28,2021
Iran’s processing, storage and packaging capacity for agricultural products has increased from 32 million tons in 2013, when President Hassan Rouhani first took office, to 72 million tons by the...
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June 25,2021
A total of 62,325 tons of green tea leaves have been purchased by the government from local farmers so far this year, showing a 10% rise compared with the similar period of last year, the head of...
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June 20,2021
Iran’s agricultural outsourcing extends across 500,000 hectares in 18 countries, which figure is negligible, as the initiative was launched 17 years ago, according to the first deputy head of Iran’...
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June 18,2021
The Agriculture Ministry has yet to approve the removal of ban on rice imports, despite the green light given by the Market Regulation Headquarters.
“Rice Importers Association put forth the...
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June 16,2021
Drought and extreme cold experienced at the beginning of the current crop year have inflicted heavy losses on many wheat farms across the country, which is estimated to reduce the government’s...
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June 11,2021
Drought has inflicted 670 trillion rials ($2.79 billion) worth of losses on Iran’s agriculture sector since the beginning of the current crop year.
According to Mohammad Mousavi, an official with...
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June 08,2021
Food and agricultural products accounted for 7.7% of the volume of Iran’s total exports in the fiscal 2020-221 and 17.6% of the value of exports, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs...
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May 30,2021
Iran exported 1.06 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $467.43 million in the first month of the current fiscal year (ended April 20).
The figures indicate a 57.09% and 40.87%...
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May 16,2021
Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has planned several agricultural technology (agritech) development projects to help promote a sustainable and more profitable farming...
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May 16,2021
Iran exported 8.83 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $6.21 billion in the last fiscal year (ended March 2021).
The figures indicate a 23.57% and 5.99% rise in tonnage and value...
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April 30,2021
The government has increased its guaranteed purchase price for wheat this year by 100%.
The price for the current Iranian year (started March 20) was set at 50,000 rials ($0.21) per kilogram in a...
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April 05,2021
Iran exported 6.89 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $6.54 billion during the first 10 months of last fiscal year (started March 2020).
The above figures indicate a 21.22% and...
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April 04,2021
The Academic Center for Education Culture and Research has designed 14 tech projects for the current Iranian year (started March 21) to promote modern agriculture and livestock breeding.
Darab...
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April 03,2021
A total of 8.2 million tons of wheat worth 208.7 trillion rials ($834 million) were bought from local farmers as part of the government’s guaranteed purchase plan during the last Iranian year (...
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March 16,2021
Members of the parliament require the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran to finance air freight exports of fresh fruit and agricultural products by extending fuel subsidy as per the next year’s...
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March 13,2021
Iran imported 380,009 tons of fruit worth $267.71 million and exported 7.88 million tons worth $5.52 billion during the 11 months to Feb. 18, says Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesperson of the Islamic...
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March 13,2021
A total of 1.32 million tons of dates have been produced in the current Iranian year (March 2020-21), which are 700,000-800,000 tons higher than last year, according to Meqdad Takallouzadeh,...
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March 12,2021
The agriculture sector remains the main driver of growth in Iran’s economy.
The economy grew by 0.8% during the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Sept. 22-Dec. 20, 2020), the Statistical...
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February 26,2021
Iran’s Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology has signed an agreement with a knowledge-based company to implement a plan for incorporating modern technologies in agriculture.
Vice...
July 27,2021Iran is the fourth largest importer of rice in the world with the annual purchase of 1.2 million tons worth $880 million, chiefly from India, according to a report by Iran Chamber of Commerce,...
