14,000 ha of lands under camelina cultivation: Official

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An official with Iranian Ministry of Agriculture announcedthat currently 14,000 hectares of lands across the country are under thecultivation of Camelina sativa, which is a promising oilseed crop used fordietary oil and as a biofuel feedstock. Hamid Oraee, who is an adviser to the Iranian agricultureminister, said camelina is a short-season crop that takes only 85 to 100 daysto mature and requires as little as 11 inches of rain to produce a crop. “Currently, 14 hectares of ourfarmlands acr

Apr 11 202311:46

Iranian research institute develops 27 new seeds

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The head of Iran’s Dryland Agricultural Research Institute (DARI) said the center has introduced 27 new seeds after years of research.“The new seeds include wheat, barely, chickpea, lentils and oil seeds,” Mozaffar Roostaei said on Tuesday. He added that the seeds were developed by Iranian researchers after 14 years of extensive research activities. The new seeds are adapted based on Iran’s local and environmental conditions and are resilient to drought, cold snaps, and v

Mar 16 202321:29

Iran, Bashkortostan stress reaching four hundred million dollars bilateral trade

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Iran, Bashkortostan stress reaching $400m bilateral trade Iranian agriculture minister Javad Sadatinejad said Iran andthe Republic of Bashkortostan have the capacity to increase their tradeturnover to $400 million.“Iran and the Republic of Bashkortostan have the potentialto ramp up their bilateral ties,” Sadatinejad said on Monday in a meeting withRadiy Khabirov, the head of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in Tehran. He further stressed the need to increase the volume ofbilateral tra

Mar 14 202318:22

Honey output in northeastern Iran on rise

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The production of honey in North Khorasan province, in thenortheast of Iran, rose 11 percent in the first 11 months of the currentIranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-February 19, 2023), as compared to thesame period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.Alireza Sadeq, the director of poultry affairs of theprovince’s Agriculture Department, said that 3,179 tons of honey were producedfrom the bee colonies of the province in 11 months of this year.“According to sta

Mar 12 202316:21

Iran to unveil 115 new GM seeds, agriculture minister says

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The Iranian agriculture minister said 115 new geneticallymodified seeds will be unveiled on Monday by the Seed and Plant ImprovementResearch Institute (SPII).“Today, 115 new genetically modifiedseeds will be unveiled by the Research Institute, which is a major breakthroughin the sector of knowledge-based services,” Javad Sadatinejad said early onMonday. Transgenic technology refers to the process that removesgenetic material from one species of plant and adds it to another to improve

Mar 6 202311:45

Iran seeking to export veterinary vaccines to Zimbabwe

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Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Zimbabwe with a high-rankingdelegation visited the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute aiming toextend scientific cooperation and export of veterinary vaccines to Zimbabwe.According to the Public Relations report of Razi institute،the joint meeting between Dr. Ali Es-haghi, Director General of Raziinstitute and the board of directors of the institute and Dr. Anxious JongweMasuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and RuralD

Feb 26 202315:29

Iran agricultural dairy products to capture China one-billion markets

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Iran agricultural, dairy products to capture China’s one-billion markets Iranian minister of agriculture Javad Sadatinejad said the country’s quality agricultural and dairy products will soon conquer Chinese markets amid Iran’s efforts to strengthen its presence in overseas markets. Chinese president is interested in Iranian agricultural, food, and dairy products, and such products can conquer China’s one-billion markets more than ever, Sadatinejad, who accompanied Presi

Feb 16 202311:07

Iran, China explore ways to launch joint agricultural projects

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Iran, China explore ways to launch joint agriculturalprojects Iran’s minister of agriculture Javad Sadatinejad said onWednesday that Tehran and Beijing need to boost their cooperation and launchjoint research projects in the sector of agriculture. “More joint projects [in the sector of agriculture] need tobe set up and the researchers of the two nations should increase theirinteraction in this regard,” Sadatinejad, who has travelled to China as amember of the Iranian president&

Feb 15 202313:56

Over 12m hectares of lands ready to go under national cultivation plan: Official

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Over 12m hectares of lands ready to go under nationalcultivation plan Official An Iranian deputy agriculture minister said over 12 millionhectares of the country’s arable lands are ready to be cultivated under thenational cultivation pattern. “The cultivation pattern for over 12.300.000 hectares ofarable lands producing more than 30 types of products across the country hasbeen implemented with the aim of managing practices to increase waterefficiency in the agricultural sector and c

Feb 6 202312:01

Iran is third largest producer of honey in world: Official

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The head of Iran’s Agricultural Research Education andExtension Organization said the country is the third-largest producer of honeyin the world. “The history of beekeeping andproducing honey in Iran dates back to 800 BC in the western Lorestan province,”Mojtaba Khayyam-Nekouie said on Saturday. He added that Iran is currently the third-largest producerof honey in the world after China and Turkey. Recently, the chairman of the Animal Science ResearchInstitute of Iran (ASRI) als

Jan 30 202310:22