Iran, Africa target water-efficient farming, agricultural technology cooperation

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Tehran - Iran is seeking to expand agricultural cooperation with African countries by sharing expertise in water-efficient farming, climate-resilient crop varieties, seed production and agricultural biotechnology, with the goal of increasing productivity while conserving scarce resources, a senior official says. Seyyed Bagher Mahmoudi, deputy head of Iran’s Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), outlined the country’s research and technological capabil

Oct 31 202611:35

Africa’s 70b dollars food import market opens opportunities for Iran

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Tehran - Africa’s annual food imports of $65 billion to $70 billion offer significant opportunities for Iran to expand agricultural exports, transfer technology and develop joint production projects across the continent, a senior Iranian diplomat says. Akbar Khosravi-Nejad, an assistant foreign minister and director general for African affairs at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, made the remarks at the first National Meeting on Iran-Africa Agricultural Cooperation, hosted by the Agricultur

Oct 31 202611:14

Iran develops system to trace saffron from farm to market

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Khorasan Razavi - Iran is developing a traceability system in northeastern Khorasan Razavi province to verify saffron authenticity, strengthen quality control and track the product from farm to market using barcodes and QR codes. Majid Jafari, head of the provincial Agriculture Organization, said the saffron certification scheme would be implemented through the end of Iran’s Seventh Development Plan. The system will record and monitor production data at every stage, from cultivation an

Oct 27 202611:30

Iran slams use of hunger as a weapon, calls sanctions contrary to FAO principles

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Rome- - Iran’s agriculture minister has condemned the use of food as a political weapon, warning that unilateral sanctions and economic blockades undermine global food security and run counter to the humanitarian principles underpinning the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Speaking at the 54th session of the Committee on World Food Security at FAO headquarters in Rome, Gholamreza Nouri said access to sufficient, safe food is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people re

Oct 19 202612:47

Iran launches Aloe Vera project to reclaim low-productivity farmland

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Bushehr - Iran has launched a three-hectare aloe vera pilot project in Bushehr Province to rehabilitate low-productivity farmland, conserve water and promote sustainable agriculture in arid regions. Fatemeh Gholamian, a researcher at the Bushehr Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, said the project in Chah-Gachi, Jam county, uses drip irrigation to improve water efficiency. She said aloe vera is a drought-tolerant plant that can thrive in hot, dry climates and grow in sandy lo

Oct 19 202612:40

Drought-tolerant Opuntia Cactus gains ground in Iran’s Bushehr province

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Bushehr - Iran’s southern province of Bushehr is promoting the cultivation of drought-tolerant Opuntia cactus as part of efforts to diversify horticultural production, conserve water and adapt cropping patterns to increasingly hot and dry conditions. Ebrahim Dana, director of horticultural affairs at the Bushehr Agricultural Organization, said the cactus’s resilience to water scarcity and high temperatures, combined with its potential for producing a wide range of commercial produc

Oct 18 202611:49

Iran expands water-efficient farming as oleaster harvest begins in West Azarbaijan

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West Azarbaijan - Harvesting of oleaster has begun in Iran’s northwestern West Azarbaijan province, where officials are promoting the drought- and salt-tolerant fruit tree as a promising crop for water-efficient farming and more resilient agricultural production. Shabnam Jalilzadeh, director of horticulture at the West Azarbaijan Agricultural Organization, said harvesting was underway across 19 hectares of productive oleaster orchards in the province. The harvest began in mid-September

Oct 12 202610:30

Fars revives qanats amid mounting water stress

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Fars - Iran’s southern Fars province is restoring its ancient qanats (aqueduct) as drought and declining groundwater reserves renew interest in one of the country’s oldest sustainable water-management systems. Fars has around 5,500 qanats, of which about 2,480 are currently active, providing some 722 million cubic meters of water annually for more than 41,000 hectares of farmland. Nearly 950 rehabilitation and restoration projects have been carried out across the province in rece

Oct 5 202611:49

Iran urges stronger global action to protect dryland forests

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Vienna - Iran has called for stronger international action to boost the resilience of dryland forests in the face of drought, climate change and land degradation, Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization (NRWMO) chief said at the 28th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO28). Speaking on the fourth day of the meeting, Reza Aflatooni, who also serves as deputy agriculture minister, outlined Iran’s priorities for cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organizatio

Oct 2 202610:22

Iran develops climate-resilient rice varieties to sustain production

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Tehran — Iran is developing new rice varieties with greater drought tolerance and climate resilience as part of efforts to sustain production, improve water-use efficiency and reduce crop losses caused by environmental stresses. Ali-Akbar Ebadi, head of the Rice Research Institute of Iran, said developing varieties adapted to climate change and water scarcity is a major priority of the institute’s research program. He said the new varieties are designed to maintain stable yields

Sep 27 202609:37