Iran launches project to build permanent tent sites for nomads

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Iran launches project to build permanenttent sites for nomads The Iranian government has launched a majorproject to build concrete sites where nomads can use as permanent dwellings toset up their Black Tents on them, the head of the Nomads Affairs Organizationsaid. “Today, a safe and hygienic refuge is amongthe basic needs of our nomads across the country,” Abbas Papizadeh said lastweek at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Dezful, Iran'ssouthwestern province of Khuzestan

Mar 26 202318:30

Bushehr, Iran shrimp production hub

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Bushehr, Iran’s shrimp production hub The head of Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) HosseinHosseini said the country’s southern province of Bushehr has turned into Iran’sshrimp production hub by accounting for around 60% of the country’s totaloutput. A total of 61,000 tons of shrimp have been produced inBushehr’s fish farms since the beginning of the current Iranian year, Hosseinisaid.He added that the country annually needs 5.5 billion shrimplarvae per annum, of wh

Mar 4 202312:37

Iran farmed shrimp output exceeds 60K tons

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Iran’s farmed shrimp output exceeds 60K tons More than 60,000 tons of shrimps have been produced in Iransince the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21,2022), registering a 5% rise year-on-year, the deputy head of Iran’s FisheriesOrganization (IFO) said. Iranian shrimp farmers have managed to produce 61,000 tonsof shrimp in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20), MehdiShakouri said in an interview on Sunday.He added that a major portion of thi

Jan 25 202310:19

Iran total grain storage capacity largest in Mideast: Report

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minor-latin">The Islamic Republic of Iran owns the Middle East’s largest fullymechanized grain silos, with a storage capacity of over 21 million tons, areport said.minor-latin">According to the report published by the public relations officeof the Iranian agriculture ministry on Tuesday, the storage capacity of Iran’ssilos across the country amount to 21, 412,000 tons. minor-latin">It added that the silos play a vital and fundamental role inbuilding a sustainable food security system

Nov 2 202218:07

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

Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute

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The activities of Iranian Fisheries Science ResearchInstitute in trawling are ‎not commercialThe head of (IFSRI) said "Research on the amount "Arial",sans-serif;">‎of stocks, determining theappropriate time and place of fishing and principled use of water ‎resourcesin Persian Gulf and Oman Sea by "trawl fishing" method is notcommercial.‎According to the public relations office of Iranian Fisheries Science Research ‎Institute(IFSRI), quoting the information

Nov 20 202109:24

Investigating the ways of developing Iran-Switzerland agricultural cooperation

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Investigating the ways of developing Iran-Switzerlandagricultural cooperation Seyed Javad Sadati Nejad, Minister of Jihad for Agricultureof Iran, in a meeting with Andreas Aebi, President of the Swiss NationalCouncil, in Tehran, stated that Given the positive view of the Iranian peopletowards Switzerland and its position in the world, interaction and cooperationin the field of agriculture between the two countries can be good anddevelopment-oriented. He then added Due to climate diversity, Iran

Nov 14 202118:04

The Need to Replace the Medicinal Herbs Cultivation with Rain-Fed Cultivation

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Head of FRWO announcedHead of FRWO emphasized encouraging farmers to cultivate medicinal herbs andreplacing these products with rein-fed cultivation in agricultural lands ofKhuzestan province. Head of FRWO emphasized encouraging farmers to cultivatemedicinal herbs and replacing these products with rein-fed cultivation inagricultural lands of Khuzestan province.According to FRWO's website, quoted from Young JournalistsClub (YJC), Massoud Mansour, Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO, during a trip to

Jun 12 202112:39

41% increase in marine shrimp fishing in 2021 in Iran

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The Director General of the Office of Fisheries of theFisheries Organization of Iran said So far, 6657 tons of sea shrimp have beencaught in the southern waters of the country and it is predicted that 12,000tons of sea shrimp will be caught by the end of the fishing season this year. He also added that compared to the average of the last 5years, there is 21% increase, and compared to the average of the last 10 yrs,there is a 31% increase. Akhoundi also statedthat The total catch of sea shrimp in

May 15 202116:05