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February 20,2021
A total of 92,947 tons of bananas were produced on 4,838 hectares during the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), which only meet 20% of domestic demand for this tropical fruit, according to Mohammad...
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February 19,2021
Phase I of Iran’s largest logistics center and export terminal for agricultural products was inaugurated in the northern province of Mazandaran via videoconference by President Hassan Rouhani on...
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February 17,2021
Supplying cheap food to urban consumers has been the dominant paradigm of policymaking in Iran, which has neglected rural producers, says Hamed Najafi-Alamdarlou, a faculty member of Tarbiat...
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February 12,2021
Iran’s greenhouse areas currently stand at 21,000 hectares, showing a 162% upsurge compared with the 8,000 hectares when President Hassan Rouhani first took office in August 2013, Agriculture...
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February 07,2021
Mazandaran Province’s agriculture sector received a total of 30 trillion rials ($125 million) in bank loans during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020-Jan. 19),...
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January 31,2021
Iran exported 6.12 million tons of agricultural and food products worth over $6 billion during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (March 20-Dec. 20).
The figures indicate a...
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January 30,2021
Domestic tea industry meets 30% of local demand, generates $10 million per year and its annual turnover hovers around 20,000 billion rials ($83 million), says Habib Jahansaz, the head of Tea...
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January 29,2021
The Government Trading Corporation of Iran plans to purchase a total of 10 million tons of wheat from local farmers at guaranteed prices in the current crop year (Sept. 2020-21).
“This will...
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January 26,2021
Islamic Azad University and Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation have launched an initiative to support startups active in agricultural technologies (AgriTech) and expand Iran’s startup...
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January 23,2021
Gilan Province has exported $461 million worth of non-oil commodities since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020), with agricultural products accounting for 41% of the sum.
“...
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January 19,2021
A total of 115,000 tons of olives have so far been harvested in Iran and output is estimated to reach 120,000 tons by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20), according to the Agriculture...
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January 18,2021
The average annual growth rate of investment in the agriculture sector stood at -10.8% from the fiscal 2011-12 to fiscal 2019-20, says the head of Agricultural Planning, Economic and Rural...
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January 12,2021
A total of 403,000 tons of apples worth $764 million were exported from Iran during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Dec. 20, 2020), registering a 34% and 60% growth in...
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January 05,2021
The government has decided to import about 2.3 million tons of wheat during the course of the current crop year (September 2020-21) to replenish its strategic reserves, according to the head of the...
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December 26,2020
Iran exported 3.74 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $2.6 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year (March 20-Sept. 21).
The figures indicate a 25.65% and 12.75%...
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December 20,2020
A total of $334 million worth of agricultural products were exported to Eurasian Economic Union member states, during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Nov. 20),...
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December 13,2020
A total of 2.6 million tons of rice have been produced on more than 800,000 hectares of paddy fields across the country this year, showing a 10.34% decline compared with last year’s output,...
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December 09,2020
A total of 5.45 million tons of agricultural products worth $3.84 billion were exported from Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Nov. 20), showing a 27% and 13...
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December 06,2020
Close to 4.5 million hectares have so far gone under wheat cultivation this year, more than 1.27 million hectares of which are irrigated and 3.21 million hectares are rain-fed, showing a 7.4% and 3...
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December 06,2020
A total of 133,000 tons of fresh tea leaves have been harvested in Iran in the current fiscal year (started March 20, 2020), registering close to a 5% increase compared with last year, according to...
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December 02,2020
The production of apple in Iran is estimated to reach 4.12 million tons during the current Iranian year (March 2020-21), marking a 3% increase compared with the previous year, according to an...
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November 29,2020
Iran’s agricultural mechanization coefficient will reach 2 horsepower per hectare by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20, 2021, marking a historic record, says the head of Agricultural...
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November 29,2020
About 1.2 million tons of different types of dates have been produced so far in Iran in the current fiscal year (started March 20), almost as much as that of last year, the chairman of the National...
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November 17,2020
A total of 4.5 million tons of agricultural products worth $3.1 billion were exported from Iran during the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
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November 11,2020
The Government Trading Corporation has bought 8.22 million tons of wheat worth 207.8 trillion rials ($755 million) from local farmers across the country in the current fiscal year (started March 20...
February 20,2021A total of 92,947 tons of bananas were produced on 4,838 hectares during the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), which only meet 20% of domestic demand for this tropical fruit, according to Mohammad...
