Iran Agriculture News

The government has bought 4.7 million tons of wheat worth 230 quadrillion rials ($839 million) from farmers across the country, which show a 37% decline compared with last year’s guaranteed…

A total of 114,445 tons of fresh tea leaves worth 6.5 trillion rials ($23 million) have so far been purchased from local farmers in the current Iranian year (started March 21), says the head of…

Up to 30% of agricultural products go to waste in Iran, mostly during the harvest and post-harvest stages, says an official with the Plant Protection Organization of Iran. “Waste produced along…

A total of 4.46 million tons of wheat have been bought by the government from local farmers, which figure is not expected to exceed 4.6 million tons by the end of this year’s crop year in…

Iran recorded 3.99 million tons of agrifood trade deficit worth $2.36 billion in Q1 of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21). Exports stood at 2.4 million tons worth $1.2 billion. …

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,…

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…

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).

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Agriculture Ministry has yet to approve the removal of ban on rice imports, despite the green light given by the Market Regulation Headquarters. 

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…

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. 

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…

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%…

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…

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…

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…

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%…

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.

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 (…