Iran Agriculture News

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’…

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,…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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),…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.

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,…

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…

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…

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%…