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Page Number 90 Iran Plant Protection Organization bans highly toxic insecticide - Iran develops vaccine for new FMD strain - Fars province remains Iran’s leading cotton producer - Iran exports apples to over 30 countries, official says - East Azarbaijan emerges as major hub for egg production in Iran - Iran achieves breakthroughs in sustainable caviar production - Future of Iran’s exports lies in organic products Official - Iran sees major growth in autumn sugar beet cultivation - Bushehr harves

Nov 5 202621:51

West Azarbaijan leads Iran in spring sugar beet production

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West Azarbaijan - Situated in the northwest of Iran, West Azarbaijan province is Iran's top producer of spring-planted sugar beets, while expanding autumn cultivation is essential to strengthening national sugar production and improving water-use efficiency, a senior agriculture official says. Hossein Asghari, director general of the Ministry of Agriculture's Office of Forage and Industrial Crops, made the remarks at a meeting of the provincial sugar beet technical committee, stressing that su

Oct 29 202611:20

Iran rolls out research-based farming plans to boost crop yields

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Tehran - Iran is preparing to introduce research-based crop management packages to boost farm productivity, narrow yield gaps and help farmers apply the latest scientific findings, with wheat, barley and autumn-sown sugar beet among the priority crops. Gholamreza Golmohammadi, deputy agriculture minister and head of the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), said crop-specific guidelines tailored to regional conditions would be provided to provincial agricultural au

Oct 11 202611:15

Pakistan offers major opportunities for Iran’s agricultural exports

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Tehran - Pakistan’s growing demand for food, agricultural inputs and production equipment offers significant opportunities for Iran to expand agricultural and fisheries exports and deepen bilateral trade, an Iranian fisheries expert has said. Tara Zarei, an expert with Iran’s Fisheries Organization, said agriculture accounts for 23.4% of Pakistan’s GDP and 33.1% of employment. The country’s reliance on imports of essential commodities and production inputs creates subst

Oct 4 202611:05

Tabriz University develops smart robots to slash agricultural pesticide use

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East Azarbaijan - Researchers at the University of Tabriz have developed a series of smart spot-spraying robots capable of detecting weeds with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine vision and applying pesticides only where needed, potentially cutting pesticide use by up to 95 percent. Hossein Behfar, a faculty member of the university’s Biosystems Engineering Department, said the technology was developed following 18 years of research by the department’s researchers. The robo

Sep 20 202607:08

Iran eyes sugar self-sufficiency through autumn beet cultivation

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TEHRAN – Iran is seeking to achieve self-sufficiency in sugar production while reducing agricultural water consumption by expanding autumn sugar beet cultivation and developing alternative natural sweeteners, a senior agricultural research official said. Abazar Rajabi, head of the Sugar Beet Seed Research and Improvement Institute, said the strategy is part of Iran’s broader food security and water-management plans. Iran aims to increase the area under sugar crops—including

Sep 13 202612:18

Golestan harnesses green water to produce up to 370,000 tons of sugar beet

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Golestan – Iran’s northern Golestan province is set to produce between 360,000 and 370,000 tons of autumn-planted sugar beet this year, highlighting the growing role of rainfall-based agriculture and the use of “green water” in improving water sustainability. Ali Akbar Mehghani, deputy head for plant production improvement at the Golestan Agricultural Organization, said that most stages of the crop’s production cycle, from planting and cultivation to harvesting, h

Sep 11 202610:31

World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says

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Paris - World ​food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, as adverse weather and ‌war disruption in the Black Sea heightened concern over supply of staples, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine ​and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year ​peak.

Sep 6 202611:43

Fars tops Iran’s seed production rankings for fifth straight year

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Shiraz – The southern Fars province has secured its position as Iran's premier seed-producing region for the fifth consecutive year, underlining its vital contribution to national food security, the head of the province's agricultural organization announced. Ahad Bajhat Haghighi credited the Fars Agricultural Research Center as the engine behind this sustained success. Spanning 163 hectares, the center houses six specialized units, plant protection, water and soil, engineering, agronomy-

Aug 7 202620:50

Iran pursues sugar self-sufficiency via water-efficient sugar beet cultivation

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Shiraz – Iran is accelerating efforts to achieve sugar self-sufficiency by expanding water-efficient autumn sugar beet cultivation, adopting improved crop varieties, and enhancing production management, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said. Hossein Asghari, Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Industrial Crops Office, said the ministry aims to expand autumn sugar beet cultivation to at least 60,000 hectares by the end of the country’s Seventh National Deve

Jul 31 202612:53