Iran ranks 13th biggest producer of wheat worldwide

Iran has been ranked the 13th biggest producer of wheat
worldwide, registering a 28% rise compared to 2021, according to a recent
report by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Based on the said report, Iranian farmers managed to produce
13 million tons of wheat in 2022, 2.9 million tons more than the figure for the
previous year in which the total production stood at 10.1 million tons.

According to FAO, Iran was the world’s 14th largest wheat
producer in 2021.

The organization has also predicted that Iran will produce
13 million tons of wheat in 2023, which will not change compared to 2022,
Tehran Times reported.

Despite concerns about the impact of the Ukraine war on the
world's agricultural production in 2022, the world's wheat production this year
increased by two percent compared to the previous year and reached 794 million
tons. In 2021, the total wheat production in the world was estimated at 778
million tons.

China was the largest wheat producer in 2022 with a
production of 137.7 million tons, followed by the European Union with 134.5
million tons and India with 106.8 million tons.

Russia, the US, Australia, Canada, Pakistan, Ukraine,
Turkey, the UK, and Kazakhstan were placed higher than Iran and ranked fourth
to twelfth.

In a previous report released in June 2022, FAO saw cereal
production in Iran to grow 34.2 percent in 2022, while the imports of such
products were seen to drop 25 percent.