Iran developing smart irrigation systems

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Iran’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Safdar Niazi said some2,700 hectares of agricultural lands across the country have been equipped withsmart irrigation systems. “So far, some 2,700 hectares of lands have been equippedwith smart irrigation technologies,” Niazi said on Thursday. He added that Iranian knowledge-based firms have developedhigh tech monitoring systems and smart technologies and Internet of Things to helpsave water in irrigation and manage the water crisis.“Cur

Mar 4 202312:15

100% increase in pomegranate exports/ Estimated production of 1.2 million tonnes of pomegranate despite drought and cold snap

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100% increase in pomegranate exports/ Estimatedproduction of 1.2 million tonnes of pomegranate despite drought and cold snap The director general of the Tropical and Subtropical FruitsOffice of the Ministry of Agriculture, Zahra Jalili Moghadam, announced a 100percent increase in pomegranate exports in this year. She stated that in the 1st eight months of 2021, we exported 3500 tons ofpomegranate and added that the quality and taste of pomegranate of Iran isunique in the world, and one of the c

Dec 24 202221:53

Contract cultivation of 2 million hectares of wheat in 2022 in Iran

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Contract cultivation of 2 million hectares of wheat in 2022in Iran The head of the executive of the wheat project stated thatthe development of wheat cultivation is one of the policies of this Ministry ofJihad- Agriculture, and added In the current crop year, 260,000 hectares ofthe country's wheat lands were contracted cultivation of wheat.Sohrab Sohhrabi also stated The area of ​​wheat cultivationin the 2020-2021 crop year was equal to five million and 875 thousand and 571hectares.

May 19 202211:56

Execution of contract wheat cultivation in rainfed and irrigated fields in the 2022 crop year

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Execution of contract wheat cultivation in rainfed andirrigated fields in the 2022 crop year Alireza Mohajer, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of theMinistry of Jihad-Agriculture, said in a meeting on the contract wheatcultivation Last year (2020-2021) we had a drought, and this drought continuesfor the current crop year, but due to the year full of water before that, wehad little water storage in the dams, but the drought conditions are differentfor this year.Targeting 250,000 hectares of irrigat

Mar 12 202210:11

Iran ranks third in walnut production in the world

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Iran with the production of 168 thousand tons of walnuts peryear Ali Asghar Zinanlu, head of the country's horticultural researchdepartment, said The area under cultivation of walnut orchards in the countryis 158 thousand hectares, of which 69 thousand hectares are infertile orchardsand 89 thousand hectares are fertile orchards.He stated that the yield level of this product is 2 tons perhectare, and added The amount of walnut production in the country is 168thousand tons, in which Iran accounts

Nov 20 202110:40

Development of 185,000 hectares of new irrigation systems this year in Iran

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Development of 185,000 hectares of new irrigation systemsthis year in Iran Since the beginning of this year, the plan to develop newirrigation systems has been implemented and put into operation at the level of53,953 hectares, which is being implemented, and it is running currently at thelevel of 131,099 hectares.Executor of the development plan for new irrigation systemsof the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture added The total area implemented andbeing implemented this year is 180,052 hectares, and

May 2 202113:14

Iran is the ninth largest producer of canned olives in the world

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Iran is the ninth largest producer of canned olives in theworld The executor of the Olive project announced that more than120,000 tons of olive fruit in the countrywas harvested, and added that Olive fruit production thisyear compared to previous years has a good trend and harvest from someprovinces still continues.Javad Mir-Arab Razi stated that The amount of olive fruitproduction in the years before 2020 was about 100 to 110 thousand tons andaddedIn 2000 alone, with favorable conditions, 147,0

Feb 23 202113:39

FRWO to Extend National Plan for the Protection and Conservation of Natural Resources

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FRWO to Extend National Plan for the Protection andConservation of Natural ResourcesHead of FRWO said that FRWO extends national plan for the protection andconservation of natural resources. Head of FRWO said that FRWO extends national plan for the protection and conservation of natural resources. According to FRWO's website, a meeting chaired by Dr. Masoud Mansour, Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO was held in Shiraz city on Thursday with the presence of management team of Natural Resources and

Dec 7 202015:19

Inauguration of IWM and Flood Control Project in Shiraz Quran Gate

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IWM and flood control project in Quran Gate of Shiraz was inaugurated withattendance of Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO, and provincial authoritiesincluding Governor General of Fars province, MPs of Shirza and Zarghanconstituency, Head of Agricultural- Jahad Organization of Fars, Governor,Mayor, Prosecutor and a gathering of senior-level managers of province.IWM and flood control project in Quran Gate of Shirazwas inaugurated with attendance of Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO, andprovincial au

Nov 2 202021:10

Export of Iranian raisins

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Director General of the Cold and Dried Fruits Office of theMinistry of Jihad-Agriculture announced a $ 164 million of raisin exports inthe last year. Darab Hassani, referring to the latest statistics of theInternational Organization of Grapes and its products in 2018, said Grape cropoccupies 7.4 million hectares of arable land in the world, of which Iran'sshare of the total area under grape cultivation in the world is 308 thousandhectares. He added that China with11.7 million tons of production,

Aug 3 202021:54